Erin Griffith / New York Times:
PitchBook: US startups raised $56B in Q2 2024, up 57% YoY and the highest three-month haul in two years; AI startups raised $27.1B, nearly half of the total — Funding for A.I. firms made up nearly half the $56 billion in U.S. start-up financing from April to June, according to PitchBook.