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PitchBook Review 2026: Is It Worth $12K to $70K a Year?
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European AI Startups: Top 48 Rounds of 2025
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Climate AI Startups: 19 Companies and Their Funding
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Every AI Deal Google Ventures Made in 2025
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May 2026 AI Market Report
477 AI deals and $101.77B raised in May 2026, but a single $65B Anthropic round bends every dollar chart. Weighted by deal count, a three-hub market appears.
AI Startup Funding Q1 2026: $290B, 1,677 Deals
Explore AI startup funding in Q1 2026: $289.99B across 1,677 deals. Bot Memo analyzed every round to find what the mega-round headlines missed.
AI Education Startups: 19 Companies, $4.1B Raised
19 AI education startups backed by $4.1B across 265 deals from 2023-2026. Bot Memo ranks the top edtech AI companies by total investment raised.
Top 25 AI Healthcare Startups to Watch in 2026
The 25 most-funded AI healthcare startups in 2026, ranked by capital raised. $61.1B across 1,069 deals spanning drug discovery, clinical AI, and diagnostics.
Top 20 Manufacturing AI Startups (2026)
Explore the top 20 manufacturing AI startups ranked by total funding raised. $25.5B across 634 deals — robotics, humanoids, and smart factories lead in 2026.
Healthcare AI Market Map 2026
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Every Sequoia AI Investment in 2025
Sequoia AI investments in 2025: 107 deals, $10.7B deployed across legal, fintech, and infrastructure. Every startup, stage, and lead investor pattern.
Microsoft AI Investments 2025: $80B and M12 Deals
Microsoft AI investments in 2025 include 80 billion in AI infrastructure, the OpenAI partnership, Azure and Copilot, plus 23 M12 startup deals.
Every AI Deal General Catalyst Made in 2025
General Catalyst backed 138 AI deals worth $18.8B in 2025 across Health, Defense, and AI Infrastructure. The complete deal list and strategy breakdown.
AI Startups London: Funding Guide to the UK AI Hub
AI startups in London raised $16.8B across 627 deals in 2024-2025. See top companies, funding stages, investors, and verticals from Bot Memo’s dataset.