Welcome to Startup Monday, my weekly newsletter that recaps the week in the global startup ecosystem. To have this newsletter emailed to you, you can sign up here. Top startups news to follow this week: 1. VC funding drops 49% in Q2 while AI boom mints new unicorns Some 6,000 startups raised money in the second quarter, down from 9,500 in the same period last year. Though we’ve seen a…