{
  "id": 12644426,
  "title": "North American startup funding hit $92B in Q3, down 35% QoQ but up 50% YoY, with $61B to AI startups; there were 11 $1B+ acquisitions and IPOs remained quiet (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/north-american-startup-funding-hit-92b-in-q3-down-35-qoq-but-up-50",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-07T13:55:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/q3-2026-north-america-startup-funding-falls-ai-exits-data/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Funding to North American startups declined sequentially in the third quarter and came in well below the all-time peak.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}