Global venture funding hits record $510B in first half as AI boom accelerates
Startups worldwide raised a record $510 billion in the first half of 2026, according to a new report out today from market intelligence company Crunchbase…
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Duncan Riley
Senior writer, SiliconANGLE. Builder since 1995, writer since 2003.
Senior writer at SiliconANGLE, covering startups, cybersecurity, and AI.
Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE, covering startups, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. He has written about the tech industry for two decades, with earlier work at TechCrunch and as founder of The Inquisitr. He co-founded the b5media blog network in 2005 and has been building on the web since 1995. Based in Chiang Mai.
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