LinkedIn X Facebook Email Gift Decision Intelligence Skift Take Travel's next dollar is shifting. Funding rounds steadily dropped quarter over quarter in 2026 while incumbents made targeted acquisitions. Though it's too early to say whether this is a long-term market movement, it's a clear sign of the times.
There's a shift happening in where travel's next dollar is going. Skift tracked 12 funding rounds for AI-native travel companies in the third quarter, down from 25 in the second quarter, according to the Skift Venture Capital and Private Equity Tracker.
AI-native companies’ share of all rounds fell to 21% from 33%.
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