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# North American Startup Funding Shattered Records In First Half Of 2026, Driven By AI

**Source:** Unknown  
**Published:** July 7, 2026  
**Original:** https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/na-startup-funding-ma-shattered-records-ai-q2-2026/  

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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

Overall, investment in U.S. and Canadian startups totaled a staggering $392 billion for the first half of 2026, per Crunchbase data, dwarfing anything we’ve seen before.

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