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Global startup funding hit record $297 billion in Q1 2026, with AI deals dominating 80% of total deal value. OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI raised over $130 billion combined. First quarter exceeds full-year 2024 total as AI infrastructure arms race accelerates.

The European Commission has confirmed a cyberattack on its Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure after hackers claimed to have stolen more than 350GB of data, including databases and internal files.