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The AI Funding Brief — February 2026 AI Funding Roundup

A record-breaking month with $3.5B+ raised across 12 major deals. Anthropic, Perplexity, and Lovable lead the pack.

Mar 1, 2026
Monthly Roundup
Share
$3.3B
Total Raised
5
Deals
$652M
Avg Deal

Top Deals

1
Anthropic
Series D
$2.0B — Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners

Anthropic raised $7.3B+ total funding (2026). Creator of Claude AI—see investors (Google, Amazon, Spark), $2B+ ARR, how Claude compares to GPT-4.5, Gemini 3.

2
Perplexity
Series C
$500M — Led by Thrive Capital

AI-powered answer engine that combines large language models with real-time web search to deliver cited, conversational answers. Backed by Jeff Bezos and NVIDIA.

3
Cyera
Series D
$300M — Led by Coatue Management

AI-powered data security platform that discovers, classifies, and protects sensitive data across cloud, SaaS, and on-premise environments. Cyera uses AI to automatically map an organization's entire data landscape, identify exposure risks, and enforce security policies. A fast-growing leader in the data security posture management (DSPM) category serving major enterprises.

4
Glean
Series E
$260M — Led by Khosla Ventures

AI-powered enterprise search and knowledge management platform that connects and understands all company applications and data. Glean indexes content across SaaS tools like Slack, Google Workspace, Confluence, and Salesforce to deliver personalized search results and AI-generated answers. Rapidly adopted by large enterprises as an internal knowledge assistant and AI work hub.

5
Lovable
Series B
$200M — Led by Benchmark

AI app builder that raised $200M at unicorn valuation—see full investor list, founder backgrounds, and complete funding timeline from seed to 2026.

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