Analysts: AI funding reached $242 billion in Q1, but the funds were highly concentrated in a few "mega-funding rounds".

According to data disclosed by crypto analyst Ai on the X platform, in the first quarter of 2026, companies in the field of artificial intelligence raised approximately $242 billion, accounting for about 80% of global venture capital investment. However, the funds were highly concentrated in a few "mega-rounds," such as OpenAI's $122 billion funding round, Anthropic's $30 billion, xAI's $20 billion, and Waymo's $16 billion. Meanwhile, enterprise-level AI spending continued to rise. Gartner predicts that global AI spending will reach $2.52 trillion in 2026, a year-on-year increase of 44%, with funding rapidly shifting from application layers to infrastructure and computing power construction.