Bay Area Venture Funding Surges to $100B in Q2 2026, Powered by Anthropic’s $65B AI Round

The nine-county Bay Area drew $100.2 billion in venture capital across 861 deals in the second quarter of 2026, with San Francisco alone capturing nearly $89 billion as a wave of artificial intelligence megadeals tightened the region's grip on the nation's startup economy, according to a new Cushman & Wakefield report.