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Record $297B Quarter, But Four Companies Took 63% of It

Q1 2026 shattered global funding records, yet OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo swallowed most of it. We unpack what the Saronic, Whoop, and Valar Atomics rounds reveal about where real opportunity exists beyond the AI mega-round mirage.

April 8, 2026·22:39·Episode 1

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