VCs Deploy Record $300B in AI Startups This Quarter | Apr 3, 2026

Startups just closed the biggest quarter in venture capital history with $300 billion deployed, while regulatory pressure builds with comprehensive AI oversight bills moving through committees nationwide. We're also covering Google's latest open-source Gemma models, OpenAI's surprise media acquisition, and Anthropic's major security breach as they prep for IPO. Plus why Cisco's new AI-focused security architecture and shifting H-1B hiring patterns tell us where the real AI infrastructure play is heading.