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AI Startup Funding Statistics 2025: Year in Review
Explore 2025 AI startup funding statistics: $271.1B across 5,429 deals. Bot Memo’s analysis covers top sectors, cities, investors, and stage breakdowns.
AI SEO Statistics 2026: 90+ Verified Numbers
AI SEO statistics for 2026: AI Overviews at 2.5B monthly users, AI Mode past 1B, clicks at 8% with AI summaries vs 15% without, and Search revenue up 17%.
AI Startup Funding Stages: 2023-2026 Breakdown
Explore AI startup funding stages: 5,429 deals, $444.3B deployed in 2025 from pre-seed to Series G+. Median deal sizes, YoY trends, and progression rates.
95+ AI Statistics For 2026: Adoption, Growth, Jobs
Nearly nine in ten respondents report AI use. Under one in four US businesses do. 100 AI statistics for 2026 on adoption, investment, models and jobs.
Most Active AI Investors of 2025
See the most active AI investors of 2025, ranked by deal count. General Catalyst led with 59 deals and Lightspeed backed $20.30B across 5,408 AI deals.
February 2026 AI Funding Report: $76.75B Across 575 Deals
AI funding hit $76.75B across 575 rounds in February 2026, up 368.3% on February 2025. See the largest rounds, sector shares, stages and top investors.
AI Video Statistics 2026: 90+ Verified Numbers
AI video statistics for 2026: Sora shut down, Kling raised $2.8B at $18B, Runway hit $200M ARR, and a third of video ad assets now use generative AI.
AI Replacing Jobs Statistics 2026: 90+ Verified Figures
AI replacing jobs statistics for 2026: 96 figures read at source, covering exposure estimates, measured job losses, BLS projections and worker sentiment.
AI Filmmaking Statistics: Research and Trends in 2026
See AI filmmaking research for 2026: roughly 300 Netflix titles used generative AI, plus Academy and festival rules, job data and 150+ sourced numbers.
100+ ChatGPT Statistics 2026: Users, Revenue, Market Share
See 100+ ChatGPT statistics for 2026: 900M+ weekly users, 44% of US adults, a $40B+ revenue run rate, plus market share, subscriber, and valuation data.
NVIDIA Was the Only Named Backer on Two $1B Rounds
NVIDIA backed 11 of August 2026’s 382 venture AI rounds, four of them $1B or more, and was the only disclosed backer on SB Energy and Poolside.
US AI Funding H1 2026: $377.6B Across 1,493 Deals
US AI funding reached $377.59B across 1,493 rounds in H1 2026. The largest rounds, sector shares, stage split, top cities and most active investors.
AI Funding August 2026: $33.01B Across 396 Deals
AI funding reached $33.01B across 396 deals in August 2026. See the largest rounds, sector shares, the stage split and the most active investors.
AI in Education Statistics 2026: Use, Cheating and Results
62% of US students used AI for homework in December 2025, and six in 10 US public school teachers used AI for work in 2024-25. The latest AI in education statistics for 2026.
AI Writing Statistics 2026: Usage, Detection and Jobs
Writing was 40% of work-related consumer ChatGPT messages in July 2025, and Pew found signs of AI authorship on 10% of sampled webpages. AI writing statistics for 2026.
AI in Healthcare Statistics 2026: Adoption, FDA and Funding
The FDA lists 1,614 AI-enabled devices, 72% of US doctors use AI and a third of US adults use chatbots for health. AI in healthcare statistics for 2026.
50+ Data Privacy Statistics 2026: Breaches, Fines and AI
Data breaches now cost $4.99M on average, shadow AI incidents more than doubled and GDPR fines passed €7.1B. 50+ data privacy statistics for 2026.
State of Series A Funding for AI Startups 2026
AI startups raised $25.5B across 849 Series A rounds from January to August 2026, 75% more than a year earlier. The median round rose to $18.0M.
AI Design Statistics 2026: Adoption, Tools and Jobs
AI design statistics for 2026: 91% of designers use AI weekly and 9.5% let its output ship. Tool share, US design jobs and platform revenue.
Augmented Reality Statistics 2026: Market Size and Devices
Augmented reality statistics for 2026: market size, smart glasses shipments, Vision Pro estimates and vendor share, sourced from IDC and Grand View Research.