 There's a growing appetite for new AI technology as the success of chatbot ChatGPT spurs a race to apply AI in other areas like healthcare. While new data from Crunchbase shows investments in AI startups surged to $24 billion last quarter. Five of the quarter's six funding rounds of more than a billion went to AI companies like Elon Musk's XAI. Headed to the open on Wall Street and futures are higher.