AI Startup Trends Snapshot

Public, no-auth endpoint returning the current state of the AI startup ecosystem: rolling 7-day capital deployed vs prior week, biggest rounds, hottest sectors / countries / stages, recent exits, emerging themes, most active investors. Designed for the get_trends MCP tool so Claude / ChatGPT / Gemini can ground investment-thesis answers in fresh aggregated data. Cached at the CDN for 5 minutes; rate-limited per IP to 10/day for unauthenticated callers.

GEThttps://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/trends/current

Request

curl "https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/trends/current"

Parameters

windowstringoptionaldefault: 7d

Aggregation window: "7d" (default) or "30d"

Response

json

{
  "data": {
    "window": "7d",
    "as_of": "2026-05-20T18:00:00Z",
    "capital_deployed_7d": 6240000000,
    "capital_deployed_prev_7d": 4180000000,
    "wow_delta_pct": 49.3,
    "round_count_7d": 87,
    "biggest_rounds": [
      { "startup": "Ricursive Intelligence", "amount": 650000000, "series": "Series B", "lead_investor": "..." }
    ],
    "top_sectors": [
      { "sector": "AI Infrastructure", "capital": 2100000000, "rounds": 14 },
      { "sector": "Agents", "capital": 980000000, "rounds": 22 }
    ],
    "top_countries": [
      { "country": "United States", "capital": 4200000000, "rounds": 51 }
    ],
    "top_stages": [
      { "series": "Series A", "rounds": 28, "median_amount": 18000000 }
    ],
    "active_investors": [
      { "name": "Founderful", "rounds_led": 3, "rounds_participated": 5 }
    ],
    "exits": [
      { "startup": "...", "type": "Acquisition", "amount": 450000000, "acquirer": "..." }
    ]
  }
}

Errors

429Rate limit exceeded (10 requests / day for anonymous callers — add an API key to lift the cap)

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