AI firms pull in $65 billion so far this year, claiming 77% of venture dollars

CNBC’s MacKenzie Sigalos reports that the historic flood of AI capital is reshaping startup priorities and private-market power dynamics, vaulting newcomers like Anthropic and xAI into the $1.2 trillion ‘private mag-7’ and pressuring megacaps to chase talent through multibillion-dollar acquihires.