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the read · TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2026 the roomevery day
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Venture dollars for AI keep concentrating sweep-side, with nothing in radar's own layers to cross-check it

AI's own share of venture money keeps climbing even as overall deal-making hits a record low this quarter; radar's market layer tracks prediction-market contracts, not VC deal flow, so this one stays sweep-only for now.

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