 AI Investment Market Breaks Records: What This Means for You While some debate whether the AI bubble is overheated, major funds are voting with their money. Q1 2026 became the record quarter in venture capital history — $300 billion went into startups, and nearly 60% of that amount was taken by just 5 companies. Key deals in May 2026: - **Sierra** (Bret Taylor, ex-CTO of Facebook, ex-CEO of Salesforce) — $950 million Series E at a $15.8 billion valuation. They build corporate AI agents. Taylor, by the way, is the chairman of the board of OpenAI. - **Ethos** (London) — $22.75 million Series A from Andreessen Horowitz. AI consulting and recruiting with support from DeepMind. - **Pit** (Stockholm) — the founders of Voi (scooter unicorn) launched an AI startup. Fresh, TechCrunch is already writing about it. - **Banza** (India) — $1 million pre-seed for an AI data exchange platform. Small team, big ambitions. Main trend: venture investments in AI grew by 139% year-over-year. But the key point is that money is concentrating at the top (OpenAI $122 billion, Anthropic $30 billion, xAI $20 billion), while small and medium businesses need working tools, not fundamental models. This is exactly where the space for AI agents emerges, solving real business problems — automation, analytics, time savings. Without the need to build your own GPU cluster. **ASI Biont** is precisely about giving small and medium businesses ready-made AI employees without complex infrastructure. 1500 tokens to start for new users — try it yourself. https://asibiont.com/