AI Swallows 80% of All Global Venture Capital in Q1 — $242 Billion in One Quarter AI companies absorbed 80% of all global VC in Q1 2026, led by OpenAI ($122B), Anthropic ($30B), and xAI ($20B). Startup investment in a single quarter reached nearly 70% of everything invested across all sectors in all of 2025. Keywords: AI venture funding 2026, OpenAI $122 billion, Anthropic investment, AI startup VC record