No SaaSpocalypse: VC funding up 40.3% QoQ even excluding OpenAI and xAI rounds
luisdans · x · 2026-10-22
Countering the "SaaSpocalypse" narrative, luisdans notes that stripping out Q1's outsized OpenAI and xAI rounds, quarterly VC funding still climbed 40.3% QoQ — one of the strongest quarters since 2021.
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