AI Funding Frenzy and Startup Consolidation

Forbes AI 50 confirms revenue proof (Anthropic $30B, OpenAI $25B); European startups €8.6B in July; Accel $550M India fund; Lovable $13.3B; Cognition $40B talks; DeepSeek builds new agent team; Anthropic reportedly eyes $6B Decart acquisition for cheaper compute. VC frenzy continues with non-US players scaling and M&A accelerating.