Sector Snapshot: Venture Funding To Foundational AI Startups In Q1 Was Double All Of 2025

As of March 31, foundational AI startups had raised $178 billion across 24 deals, compared with $88.9 billion across 66 deals in all of 2025 in a 100% increase. That’s also significantly higher — 466.9% higher to be exact — than the $31.4 billion raised across 52 deals in 2024.

Source: Crunchbase