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Nevertheless, year-over-year comparisons look staggering on paper—with February funding up nearly 780% from the $21.5 billion raised the year prior. Without the three mega-rounds, however, venture activity looks far more ordinary. Seed-stage funding actually fell about 11% year over year in February, to $2.6 billion, even as mega-rounds pushed overall venture to a record month.
In keeping with this pattern, Apple has also announced that it's updating the starting configuration of its entry-level MacBook Pro, the 14-inch model with the regular M5 chip (an October 2025 release). It now has 1TB of base storage and a starting price of $1,699. It used to start at $1,599 with 512GB of storage, with a 1TB bump costing $200 extra, so that's actually a better deal than before.