🚀 Global venture capital just hit over $100 billion for the quarter—a first since early 2023! Crunchbase recorded a total of $113 billion

🚀 Global venture capital just hit over $100 billion for the quarter—a first since early 2023! Crunchbase recorded a total of $113 billion in investments. But here's the kicker: that includes OpenAI’s whopping $40 billion round, which skews the numbers big time! 😳 That’s a third of all global investments and half of what’s happening in the U.S. Without that deal, we're looking at a drop of $23 billion compared to Q4 2024. 💔 AI startups attracted $59.6 billion this quarter, but take out OpenAI and it’s actually less than the last three quarters. 📉 Crazy how one deal can flip the script!