https://blog.lynxflow.co/en/tags/funding/Recent content in Funding on Lynx Tech BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioenSat, 29 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0800https://blog.lynxflow.co/en/posts/ai-funding-vs-monetization-scrutiny-2026/Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0800https://blog.lynxflow.co/en/posts/ai-funding-vs-monetization-scrutiny-2026/<img src="https://blog.lynxflow.co/images/ai-funding-vs-monetization-scrutiny-2026.png" alt="Featured image of post AI Deep Dive | The More Money Raised, the Earlier the Monetization Questions?" />Money is coming in faster than the press releases can keep up. Around April 2026, Anthropic&rsquo;s revenue run rate (annualized revenue) was widely reported at roughly $30 billion; four months later, Reuters cited a source on August 17 saying the figure had topped $65 billion. CNBC and others reported that Anthropic had overtaken OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup. Yet in that same stretch, TechCrunch set the theme running through all 200 sessions of its upcoming October Disrupt 2026 — a sl