AI SWALLOWED 80% OF ALL GLOBAL VENTURE CAPITAL IN Q1 2026 — $242 BILLION IN A SINGLE QUARTER Crunchbase data shows AI companies raised $242 billion in Q1 2026 — 80% of all global venture investment in a single quarter — shattering every record in the history of startup funding. Four of the five largest venture rounds ever recorded closed in Q1, led by OpenAI’s $122 billion raise, with Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo close behind. Keywords: AI venture capital Q1 2026, startup funding record, OpenAI funding, AI investment boom