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AI Funding Report January 2026
$60.46B in one month — but strip out 3 mega-rounds and the 'real' market is still $32B
Vertical AI deal count grew 2.3x while median deal size held steady — genuine breadth, not hype
AI-native tooling ($14B) quietly became the third frontier no one predicted
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What's Inside
- 1The $60.46B Month
- 2Frontier 1: Foundation Models
- 3Frontier 2: Vertical AI Applications
- 4Frontier 3: AI-Native Tooling
- 5Deal Size Distribution
- 6Geographic Breakdown
- 7What It Means for Q1
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