Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter , and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory . The number is a small piece of the AI startup pie that’s mostly consumed by California’s Bay Area, which gobbles up 51% of funding. In the categories aside from AI, Seattle is No. Seattle is trying to keep up in the race to lure and/or retain AI companies and investor dollars. Despite the hype around the region as a major AI hub, there are no Seattle-area companies listed among the top 100 AI startup funding deals so far this year, according to PitchBook.