Weekly Top 5 Startup Funding Roundup – $4.8B Flows Into AI ...

The headline “Weekly Top 5 Startup Funding Round‑Up – $4.8 B Flows Into AI …” grabs headlines, but the raw numbers hide a deeper story about

how

capital is being deployed and

what it enables

for founders, investors, and accelerators. As an AI startup advisor at AI2Work, I’ve spent the last decade watching funding waves shift from pure model licensing to fine‑tuning, data pipelines, and vertical integrations. This article translates that experience into a practical playbook:

what the money is buying now, how founders can structure deals, and what investors should look for when evaluating the next wave of AI companies.