Tech Startup Funding News | November, 2026 (STARTUP EDITION)

TL;DR: Tech Startup Funding News for November 2026 and How You Can Raise Without Losing Your Company

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The Tech Startup Funding news, November, 2026 edition shows that big money chases mega-rounds, so cheaper capital is your fastest path. Founder Violetta Bonenkamp (Mean CEO) draws on 20+ years of building European startups to show you where to find that capital.

Mega-rounds take most of the money. Kalshi hit a $40B valuation, and OpenAI is reportedly near a $30B round. Global VC reached a record $510B in the first half of 2026. Deal count barely moved, so more money sits in fewer, bigger checks.
"Picks and shovels" startups get funded first. These include AI agent security (Mave, $34M), AI auditing (Crux Labs, $6M+), energy, industrial AI and defense. Defense funding alone hit $49.1B in 2025. See the defense tech funding statistics for the full breakdown.
Debt is the quiet winner. African tech debt jumped 63% while equity grew only 8%. Finbee also secured €55M for SME lending. Borrow against cash flow you can see, and sell equity only for growth you can imagine.
Match your funding to your stage. Claim AI credits first (up to ~$150k), and apply for grants like NSF's Seed Fund (up to $2M, zero equity). Build with no-code tools, then pitch with paid pilots. Seed VC usually costs you 15% to 25% equity.

Regulated fields like fintech, defense and AI compliance give you a moat that copycats struggle to cross. Compare your sector against the latest startup funding statistics by industry. Then start the seven-day action plan in the article, beginning with one honest sentence about your stage.

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Tech Startup Funding news heading into November 2026 reads like a split-screen movie: on one side, record-breaking mega-rounds for AI and fintech giants, and on the other, thousands of early-stage founders wondering why their inbox stays silent after sending a pitch deck. I am Violetta Bonenkamp, also known as Mean CEO, and I have raised money, applied for grants, survived accelerators and built companies across Europe for over 20 years. In this article I break down the biggest funding stories from the end of October 2026, what the numbers mean for YOU as a founder, freelancer or small business owner, and how to get capital without handing over your company in the process.

Here is the uncomfortable truth I want you to keep in mind while reading: the money is there, but most of it is NOT meant for you yet. Global venture capital hit an all-time high in 2026, and the vast majority of founders will never touch a cent of it. That gap is where smart founders win, because the alternatives (grants, credits, debt, revenue, crowdfunding) are less crowded and cheaper than equity. Let’s break it down.

What are the biggest Tech Startup Funding news stories heading into November 2026?

The last two weeks of October 2026 set the tone for November. Big rounds landed in prediction markets, AI companions, AI agent security and cyber defense, while infrastructure spending figures reached numbers that sound like national budgets. Below is my curated list of the deals and headlines founders should actually pay attention to, pulled from Tech Funding News global startup funding coverage and Tech Startups daily funding and technology news.

Kalshi nearly doubles to a $40 BILLION valuation in five months with $1 billion from Sequoia and Wellington. Prediction markets went from a regulatory curiosity to one of the most valued fintech categories on the planet.
Wabi raises $55M from IVP at a $1.25B valuation (reported October 30, 2026). The company comes from Replika’s founder and will compete with Meta’s Muse and Instinct, which tells you investors still back founders who go head-to-head with Big Tech.
OpenAI is reportedly closing in on a round of up to $30 BILLION, at a valuation Tech Startups called staggering. One company absorbing that much capital changes the math for every AI startup building on top of its models.
Mave raises $34M to help enterprises detect and stop cyberattacks using AI agents. Attack techniques that once took hours or days now unfold much faster, and buyers pay for speed.
Crux Labs raises $6M+ to audit AI agents against human judgement. This is a small round with a big signal: trust and verification of AI is becoming its own funded category.
Finbee Verslui secures €55M from Pollen Street to expand small business lending in Lithuania. A European fintech deal built on debt for SMEs, which is the type of capital most founders underestimate.
Startup Funding News for October 23, 2026 featured Helion, Slingshot, Xona, Warhound and Tractian, a mix of fusion energy, space, navigation, defense and industrial AI. Hard tech is back on the menu.
Instacart is reportedly in talks to sell itself to Uber or DoorDash in a potential $17 billion deal. Exits are coming back, and exits are what keep the venture machine fed.

Two macro headlines sit behind all of these rounds. According to Tech Startups, Big Tech’s AI spending boom hides $3.6 TRILLION in off-balance-sheet commitments, and Bank of America projects that data center spending will more than double to $2.1 trillion by 2028. When that much money chases compute, the startups that sell picks and shovels (security, auditing, energy, chips, industrial software) get funded first.

What do the 2026 startup funding statistics actually show?

Numbers tell the story better than any hype thread on LinkedIn. Here are the statistics I would print and pin above my desk if I were raising in November 2026.

$510 BILLION in venture capital flowed into startups worldwide in the first six months of 2026, according to Crunchbase data released on July 2, 2026, as summarized in the MOHAC Africa Global Startup Funding Report 2026. That is the largest half-year total ever recorded.
The previous record was $375 billion in the second half of 2021, and it stood for almost five years. 2026 beat it by roughly a third.
Defense tech funding reached $49.1 billion in 2025, up from $27.2 billion in 2024, as reported by Defense News and cited in HubSpot’s startup trends to watch in 2026. Anduril alone raised $5 billion in its Series H.
The U.S. federal government allocated over $4 billion annually to small businesses through SBIR and STTR programs in 2025, per the guide to the best grants for tech startups in 2026.
African tech startups raised $4.1 billion in 2025 (Partech Africa), a 25% jump from $3.25 billion in 2024. Equity grew only 8% to $2.4 billion across 462 deals, while debt jumped 63% to a record $1.64 billion.
Debt now makes up 41% of all capital deployed in African tech, up from just 17% in 2019.

Read those last three bullets again. Deal COUNT barely moved in Africa (up just 1%), while the dollar volume grew. The same pattern shows up globally: more money, concentrated in fewer and bigger deals. If you are a pre-seed founder, the record headlines do not mean investors are easier to reach. They often mean the opposite, because partners at big funds are busy writing nine-figure checks.

Why should a bootstrapped founder care about a $40 billion valuation?

Because mega-rounds shape the market you sell into. When Kalshi takes $1 billion, or when OpenAI raises up to $30 billion, those companies hire, buy software, sign vendors and create entire ecosystems of smaller startups around them. My reading of the late October deals is simple: capital is flowing toward infrastructure, trust and defense. Mave and Crux Labs both sell protection and verification around AI agents, and that is the kind of niche where a small team can build a real business.

I have a personal bias here, and I will own it. At CADChain we build IP protection and compliance tooling for CAD and 3D data using blockchain and machine learning. For years, people told me compliance was boring and investors would never care. Now auditing AI agents raises millions in a single round. “Protection and compliance should be invisible,” I keep repeating to my team, and the market is finally paying for that invisibility. If your product makes risky technology safer to use, you are standing in the right line.

Three signals I see in the November 2026 funding cycle

Signal 1: AI picks and shovels beat AI wrappers. Security (Mave), auditing (Crux Labs) and infrastructure attract checks faster than thin apps built on someone else’s model.
Signal 2: Regulated categories got hot. Prediction markets, defense and SME lending all involve heavy rules. Founders who understand regulation have an edge that pure builders lack.
Signal 3: Debt is quietly eating equity’s lunch. Finbee’s €55M facility and the 63% jump in African debt financing show lenders backing companies with predictable cash flow.

Which tech startup funding sources fit which stage?

Before we go further, a quick definition so we speak the same language. Startup funding (or startup capital) is the money a new company raises to launch and grow until it can pay for itself. Carta’s guide to raising startup capital splits it into three paths: bootstrapping (your savings or sales), debt financing (borrowing and repaying with interest) and equity financing (selling a piece of your company). Dilution means your ownership percentage shrinks every time you sell equity. Non-dilutive funding means money that costs you zero ownership, like grants or credits.

Here is how the main options compare, based on figures from IdeaProof’s list of top startup funding sources in 2026, Credit for Startups and Full Scale.

Funding source	Typical amount	What it costs you	Best stage
Bootstrapping and revenue	Whatever you earn	No equity, slower growth	Idea to early revenue
Friends and family	Small, varies	Equity or loans, plus relationships	Pre-product
Government grants (SBIR/STTR)	$150k to $1M+	No equity, slow applications, reporting	Deep tech, R&D
NSF America’s Seed Fund	Up to $2M	Zero equity	Early-stage R&D
Mozilla Builders grants	$25k to $250k	No equity, mission fit required	Privacy, open source, AI safety
AI credit programs (Anthropic, OpenAI)	Up to ~$150k and ~$100k in credits	No equity, credits expire in 12 to 18 months	AI-first, pre-seed to Series B
Techstars accelerator	~$120k ($20k cash + $100k credits)	6% to 8% equity	Early-stage teams
Crowdfunding (Kickstarter, Indiegogo)	$10k to $1M+	~5% fee plus payment processing	Consumer hardware, products
Venture capital seed	$500k to $2M	15% to 25% equity	Early traction
Venture capital Series A	$2M to $15M	20% to 30% equity	$1M+ ARR, fast growth
Corporate VCs and strategic partners	$100k to $5M+	Equity plus strategic strings	B2B with traction

ARR stands for annual recurring revenue, the yearly value of your subscription income. Look at the Series A row: investors want $1M+ ARR and 3x year-over-year growth potential before they write those checks. If you are nowhere near that, chasing VC this November wastes months you could spend selling.

As Full Scale’s breakdown of funding resources for tech startups puts it, “There isn’t one best source, only the one that matches your stage.” I agree with this completely, and I would add one thing: the best source also matches your personality and risk tolerance. Some founders hate reporting to grant agencies. Others hate board meetings. Know which pain you can live with.

How do you raise tech startup funding in November 2026? A step-by-step guide

This is the playbook I would follow if I started a new venture tomorrow. It reflects what worked for CADChain, which grew from about 4 people to roughly 25 full-time employees between 2021 and 2022, in the middle of a pandemic, with a mix of grants, accelerator support and private capital. Next steps, in order.

Define your stage honestly. Write one sentence: “We are at idea / prototype / first paying customers / repeatable sales.” Your stage decides your funding menu, so stop pretending to be later than you are.
Stack the free money first. Apply for AI credits from Anthropic or OpenAI, cloud credits through programs like Microsoft for Startups, and any grant your sector qualifies for. I treat credits as a free engineering budget. Watch the expiry dates, since credits typically vanish after 12 to 18 months.
Build with no-code before you build with money. I built Fe/male Switch, a full startup game and online incubator, entirely with no-code tools. “Default to no-code until you hit a hard wall” is my rule. A minimum viable product (the simplest working version that real users can test) built in weeks costs a fraction of custom development.
Get proof before you pitch. Collect signed letters of intent, pilot agreements, waitlists with deposits or real revenue. Investors fund evidence. High Alpha’s founder guide notes that investors want “the research to back your claims and a sample of your software.”
Apply for grants with a calendar, not with hope. NSF’s America’s Seed Fund invests up to $2 million with zero equity, but applications are slow and competitive. In Europe, national innovation agencies and EU programs work the same way. Block four to eight weeks per application and reuse your text across calls.
Consider an accelerator only if the network is worth the equity. Techstars asks for 6% to 8% for roughly $120k in cash and credits. That price makes sense when Demo Day investor access and mentors change your trajectory. It makes no sense if you join for the badge.
Prepare a pitch deck that answers “why now?” A pitch deck is the 10 to 15 slide presentation you show investors. In November 2026, “why now” should reference real market shifts: AI agent security, data center buildouts, defense spending, compliance demands.
Run your fundraise like a sales pipeline. List 50 to 100 relevant investors, track every contact in a spreadsheet, and follow up on a schedule. Treat rejections as data about your pitch.
Look at debt once revenue is predictable. Revenue-based financing, SME loans and venture debt keep your cap table clean. The Finbee deal shows lenders are hungry for SMEs with steady cash flow.
Raise VC last, and only for speed. Venture capital fits companies that win by moving faster than competitors. If your market rewards patience, equity investors will push you into a pace that breaks the business.

A practical example: the AI agent auditing startup

Say you are a two-person team building a tool that checks AI agent outputs for compliance in insurance claims, a smaller cousin of what Crux Labs does. Month one, you claim $100k+ in AI credits and build a no-code prototype. Month two, you run three paid pilots with regional insurers at €2,000 each. Month three, you apply for a national innovation grant using the pilot data. Month five, you approach angels with revenue, a grant decision pending and a clear regulatory “why now.” You have just turned a cold pitch into a warm one, and you still own close to 100% of your company.

Are grants and non-dilutive funding worth the paperwork?

Yes, and I say this as someone whose startups received several national and EU-level grants. Grants are the most overlooked funding source for tech startups, and Full Scale makes the same point. The catch is TIME. Applications are slow, decisions take months and reporting never ends. But grant money buys real engineering runway without giving away a single share.

Here is my European perspective that most U.S.-centric articles skip. In Europe, grants often carry a credibility effect. When CADChain was selected by the OECD as one of 12 startups globally for the Global Blockchain Policy Forum, and when we received public funding, private investors took our calls more seriously. A grant tells investors that a panel of technical reviewers already checked your work. That signal is worth more than the cash in some cases.

U.S. founders: SBIR and STTR programs (NIH, DoD, NSF) pay $150k to $1M+ for tech research. Search Grants.gov for federal and state programs.
Mission-aligned founders: Mozilla Builders offers $25k to $250k for privacy, security, open source and AI safety projects, with decisions in about 4 to 8 weeks.
European founders: Check your national innovation agency and EU-level programs, and pair applications with university partners for stronger proposals.
Female founders: Specialized crowdfunding like iFundWomen uses a pay-it-forward model built for women entrepreneurs, as noted in High Alpha’s overview of funding options for startups.

Is debt financing the quiet winner of 2026?

I think so, and the data backs me up. African tech debt grew 63% in a single year while equity grew 8%. Pollen Street put €55M into Finbee Verslui to lend to small businesses in Lithuania. Lenders are betting on companies that earn money today, and that should make every revenue-generating founder rethink the reflex to sell equity.

Debt is a terrible idea for a pre-revenue startup and a great idea for a SaaS business with stable monthly income. The rule I give founders in the Fe/male Switch incubator is short: borrow against cash flow you can see, sell equity for growth you can only imagine. Mixing the two up is how founders end up with personal guarantees on loans they cannot repay, or with 40% of their company gone before product-market fit.

What are the most common tech startup funding mistakes to avoid?

I have made some of these myself, and I watch hundreds of founders repeat them inside our startup game. Learn from our scars.

Reading mega-round headlines as a green light. $510 billion in six months does not mean angels will fund your idea-stage app. Concentration is the trend, so plan for scarcity at the early stage.
Raising VC too early. Giving 15% to 25% at seed without traction sets a low valuation and weak negotiating power for every later round.
Ignoring credit expiry dates. AI and cloud credits feel like free money until they expire and your monthly bill jumps overnight. Plan your post-credit costs on day one.
Treating grants as charity. Grant reviewers want measurable outcomes. Vague mission language gets rejected.
Building an AI wrapper with no moat. When OpenAI and Big Tech raise and spend at this scale, features you build on their platforms can disappear in one product update.
Leaving IP unprotected. Investors will ask who owns the code, the designs and the data. Messy ownership kills deals in due diligence. This is literally why CADChain exists.
Pitching friends and family without a plan. They want to know how you will grow and what happens if you fail. Put terms in writing, even with your aunt.
Running crowdfunding without an audience. Platforms charge around 5% plus processing fees, and campaigns with no pre-built community usually flop in public.
Joining every accelerator that says yes. I joined and participated in many programs, including Yes!Delft, Y Combinator Startup School, Brightlands and Microsoft for Startups. The ones worth it gave me customers and investors. The rest gave me certificates.

What are Mean CEO’s contrarian takes on the November 2026 funding market?

Being named one of the Top 100 most influential women in startups and VC in Europe by EU-Startups gave me a seat in many rooms where investors talk openly. Here is what I believe, and some of it will annoy people.

Take 1: The solo founder with AI is the most underrated investment

AI is a force multiplier for small teams and solo founders. One person with good AI agents can now do research, drafting, outreach and prototyping that needed five hires in 2021. Investors who still demand a “complete team” before writing a check are measuring the wrong thing. If you are solo, show output, speed and customer evidence instead of apologizing for headcount.

Take 2: Women do not need more pitch competitions

“Women do not need more inspiration; they need infrastructure.” I designed Fe/male Switch around that idea. Female founders still receive a tiny slice of venture capital, and another inspirational panel will not fix it. What helps: templates, legal and IP hygiene, practice negotiating in a low-risk sandbox, and direct access to capital sources like iFundWomen and grant programs.

Take 3: Regulation is a funding advantage

Kalshi operates in prediction markets. Defense startups deal with export rules. Finbee lends money under financial regulation. Every big winner in this cycle chose a field where rules scare off copycats. If you understand compliance, you have a moat that money alone cannot buy, and investors in late 2026 are paying for exactly that.

Take 4: Treat fundraising like a strategy game

I run startup education as a game for a reason. The goal is to collect information, assets and relationships faster than competitors, and avoiding failure is the wrong objective. Every investor meeting is a quest. Every “no” reveals a rule of the game. Founders who track their fundraising like a game log (who said what, which objection repeated, which slide confused people) improve their pitch in weeks instead of months.

Take 5: Parallel entrepreneurship beats waiting for a round

I run CADChain, Fe/male Switch and AI tooling projects in parallel, and they share knowledge, infrastructure and networks. While one venture waits for a grant decision, another generates revenue. Freelancers and small business owners already live like this. My advice: stop treating your consulting income as a distraction from your startup. It is your cheapest investor.

Which sectors are attracting tech startup funding right now?

If you are choosing what to build next, or how to position what you already have, these are the categories investors are funding based on the late October 2026 deal flow and the 2025 to 2026 trend data.

AI agent security and auditing: Mave ($34M) and Crux Labs ($6M+) prove buyers fear autonomous AI going wrong.
Defense and dual-use tech: $49.1 billion in 2025, Anduril’s $5B Series H, and names like Warhound in the October 23 roundup.
Energy and space: Helion (fusion), Slingshot and Xona (space and navigation) appeared in the same funding day.
Industrial AI: Tractian shows that factories and maintenance teams buy AI that saves real money.
Fintech and SME lending: Kalshi’s $40B valuation and Finbee’s €55M facility.
AI companions and consumer AI: Wabi’s $1.25B valuation shows consumer AI still gets backed when founders have a track record.
Data center supply chain: With spending heading to $2.1 trillion by 2028, anything that cools, powers, secures or monitors compute has buyers.

For a broader U.S. view of venture capital firms, government programs and grants, the article on top funding opportunities for tech startups in the USA is a useful starting list.

Frequently asked questions about tech startup funding in 2026

How do you get funding for a tech startup?

Start with sources that cost no ownership: your own revenue, savings, grants, credits and, carefully, friends and family. Add an angel round or accelerator when you need runway to reach product-market fit. Save venture capital for when you have real traction and a market that rewards speed.

How much equity do founders give up in a seed round?

Typical seed rounds of $500k to $2M cost 15% to 25% equity, and Series A rounds of $2M to $15M take another 20% to 30%. Two rounds can leave founders with about half their company, which is why non-dilutive money first is the smarter order.

Do grants actually work for tech startups?

Yes, for companies doing real R&D that can wait for decisions. NSF’s America’s Seed Fund offers up to $2 million with zero equity, and SBIR and STTR programs distribute over $4 billion a year in the U.S. alone.

Is it a good time to raise venture capital in November 2026?

It is a great time if you are in AI infrastructure, security, defense, energy or fintech with traction. It is a hard time for idea-stage founders in crowded categories, because capital is concentrating in fewer, larger deals.

What is the cheapest way to build a first product?

No-code tools plus AI credits. I built an entire startup game and incubator without a custom engineering team. Use custom code only when no-code hits a hard technical wall.

What should founders do this week with the November 2026 funding news?

The Tech Startup Funding news of late 2026 sends one clear message: capital is abundant at the top and scarce at the bottom. Record half-year venture totals, $40 billion valuations and trillion-dollar AI infrastructure bets will not land in your bank account by accident. Founders who win this cycle combine free money, fast no-code building, real customer evidence and a sharp “why now” story that connects to where the big checks are going.

Here is your action list for the next seven days:

Write down your honest stage in one sentence.
Apply for at least one AI or cloud credit program.
Identify one grant call that fits your technology and put the deadline in your calendar.
Talk to five potential customers and ask for a paid pilot or letter of intent.
Check who owns your code, designs and data, and fix any gaps before an investor asks.
Rewrite your pitch deck’s “why now” slide using one of this month’s funding signals.

As I tell every founder who plays through Fe/male Switch: “Education must be experiential and slightly uncomfortable.” Fundraising is the same. Reading the news is comfortable. Sending the grant application, the cold email and the pilot proposal is uncomfortable, and it is the only part that gets you funded. Go do the uncomfortable thing this week, while everyone else is still reading about Kalshi.

FAQ on Tech Startup Funding News and Strategy for November 2026

Why do defense tech startup funding figures vary so much between sources?

The totals depend on how each source defines defense tech. PitchBook counted $49.1 billion in 2025, CB Insights $17.9 billion and Crunchbase only $7.7 billion. Name your source and definition in your deck, and position dual-use offers like cybersecurity or simulation. Compare defense tech startup funding statistics

Is climate tech still a realistic bet for early-stage and bootstrapped founders?

Yes, if you choose your region and stage carefully. Climate-tech companies raised $77.3 billion in equity in 2025, yet venture funding for startups declined. Europe has depth but weak growth-stage capital, and parts of Asia lack early-stage VC. Pair grants with paid pilots. Explore climate tech startup funding by region

Which startup sectors are losing investor attention despite record venture totals?

E-commerce drew only about $7.3 billion in 2025, its lowest in years, and climate tech deal count fell from 2,906 to 2,130. Robotics hit a record $13.8 billion, and SaaS still draws close to half of global VC. Position your product near growing categories. Review startup funding statistics by industry

How can founders avoid being pushed around by funding hype and investor pressure?

Record quarters, like Q1 2026's $297 billion, tempt founders to raise more and faster than they need. Set your own milestones, track real traction instead of vanity metrics, and keep compliance documents ready so investors cannot use urgency to dictate terms. See how founders safeguard startups from funding pressures

What should be cleaned up before investor due diligence starts?

Prepare a current cap table and signed IP assignments from every founder, contractor and employee. Add data ownership records and key customer contracts. Treat each investor conversation as a test of your business model, because missing paperwork fails that test fast. Build a data room early. Read the September 2026 guide to building proof before pitching

How can European founders close the growth-stage capital gap?

European early-stage capital is solid, but Series B and later rounds often require US or strategic investors. Combine EU and national grants with revenue, and build relationships with corporate VCs early. Set up your company structure so cross-border investment stays simple. Use the European Startup Playbook for grants and funding

What happens to my startup's costs when AI credits run out?

Model post-credit costs from day one. Anthropic offers up to about $150k and OpenAI about $100k in credits, but they expire within 12 to 18 months. Cache responses, send simple tasks to cheaper models, and price so your margins survive full API bills. Compare AI credit and grant programs for tech startups

How do I calculate the real cost of an accelerator deal?

Separate the cash from the credits. Techstars typically offers about $20k cash plus $100k in credits for 6% to 8% equity. If you would never buy those tools, you are effectively selling 6% for $20k, an implied valuation near $333k. Accept only if the network justifies that price. Understand funding rounds and dilution with Carta's startup capital guide

What do lenders check before offering revenue-based financing or venture debt?

Lenders review your recurring revenue history, gross margins, churn, customer concentration and cash runway. Many expect six to twelve months of stable revenue. Debt reached 41% of capital deployed in African tech, which shows lenders favor predictable cash flow. Read the Global Startup Funding Report 2026

How much money should I raise in my next funding round?

Aim for 18 to 24 months of runway. Multiply your monthly burn by that number of months, then add a 20% buffer for delays. Tie the amount to specific milestones that unlock the next round, such as reaching $1M ARR. Raising too much too early increases dilution and investor expectations.

Violetta Bonenkamp

Violetta Bonenkamp, also known as Mean CEO, is a female entrepreneur and an experienced startup founder, bootstrapping her startups. She has an impressive educational background including an MBA and four other higher education degrees. She has over 20 years of work experience across multiple countries, including 10 years as a solopreneur and serial entrepreneur. Throughout her startup experience she has applied for multiple startup grants at the EU level, in the Netherlands and Malta, and her startups received quite a few of those. She’s been living, studying and working in many countries around the globe and her extensive multicultural experience has influenced her immensely. Constantly learning new things, like AI, SEO, zero code, code, etc. and scaling her businesses through smart systems.