POPA ReconAI Remains the Most Popular Funding Category in 2026
AI Remains the Most Popular Funding Category in 2026 Late-stage funding reached $7.46B across 126 disclosed deals, compared to just $593M across 115 seed-stage rounds. This creates a 12.6x gap between late-stage and early-stage capital. 🏢 The largest late-stage category by funding was Prediction Markets, which attracted approximately $1.8B, significantly ahead of all other sectors. 🌱 At the seed stage the picture looks different: AI led all categories with $109M raised, narrowly ahead of DeFi ($101M) and Payments ($93.6M). 👉 https://cryptorank.io/funding-analytics
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