
Gigantic investments of $500 million dollars or more into Artificial Intelligence companies led a 38 percent increase in year-over-year third quarter global venture capital funding. Year-over-year third quarter increases in other early-stage investment levels were more modest, however, according to Crunchbase.com.
Venture capital funding hit $97 billion in Q3 2025, up from 2024's Q3 total of $70 billion.