NYC startups raised $4.94B in October, the city's biggest funding month ever
moonsandhues · x · 2026-11-05
New York startups raised $4.94 billion in October, the largest single-month funding total in the city's history. NYC also edged out Silicon Valley in active AI office demand — 2.79 million square feet versus 2.78 million — as founders increasingly choose to build where capital and talent concentrate.
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