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The AI ecosystem owes much of its progress to the influential role of venture capital. VC firms are not only injecting capital into AI startups but also fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and breakthrough innovations. Together, they are shaping a future where AI transforms industries and enhances our lives. #VCinAI #InnovationHub #AIAdvancements 💡

10 AI Unicorns to Keep an Eye on in 2024 One in five of the new billion-dollar startups to join The Crunchbase Unicorn Board this year were artificial intelligence companies, an analysis of the board shows. List of unicorns is mentioned below: 1. Cohere Lead investors: Index Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Inovia Capital 2. AI21 Labs Lead investors: Pitango, Walden Catalyst Ventures, Ahren Innovation Capital, Samsung Next, b2venture, SCB 10X 3. Imbue Lead investors: Astera Institute 4. Runway Lead investors: Lux Capital, Amplify Partners, Coatue, Felicis , Google 5. Synthesia Lead investors: LDV Capital, FirstMark, Kleiner Perkins, Accel 6. Quantexa Lead investors: AlbionVC, HSBC, Dawn Capital, Evolution Equity Partners, Warburg Pincus LLC, GIC 7. Replit Lead investors: Y Combinator, A.Capital Ventures, Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz 8. Adept Lead investors: Addition, Greylock, General Catalyst, Spark Capital 9. Helsing Lead investors: Prima Materia, General Catalyst 10. Typeface Lead investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures #AI #TechTrends #Innovation #FutureTech #AIUnicorns #TechGiants #ArtificialIntelligence 

We sat Vertex's Jonathan Heiliger, In Sik Rhee, Simon Tiu, and Chase Roberts down for a frank roundtable discussion on the state of startups in 2024 and how founders can thrive in tougher times. One big takeaway: The fundamentals for founders haven't changed: Interest rates are up, and AI hype is strong -- but the basics of running a strong business, from cash-efficiency to contribution margins, haven't changed. Those that succeed in this environment will be the ones with a strong grasp of these fundamentals. At the same time, companies large and small are now operating under something of a mandate to integrate AI into their business. That gives startups the opportunity to do what they do best: Think big, move fast, and come up with something that does more than just incrementally move the needle. #startups #venturecapital #ai Watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/gsD4hp77

It’s feeling like 2021 again with AI startups in high demand, raising back-to-back funding rounds at astonishing valuations. 🚀 Sapphire Ventures President, Partner, and Co-Founder Jai Das shared with Business Insider his advice for founders in this position: take the capital if you can, because you never know what might happen in the future, but spend it wisely. Overcapitalization can lead to complacency and reckless spending, especially with overhiring, which can derail long-term growth. Despite a challenging market, AI companies with solid business models are standing out. For example, Glean, a recent Sapphire Ventures investment, more than doubled its valuation this year, raising $460M in just a few months—a testament to the power of delivering real value. Read the article linked in comments for more. #VC #AI

Glean’s success story isn’t about securing capital on a promise—it's about executing on ambitious goals and proving tangible business value. It’s this kind of performance that sets companies line Glean and founders like Arvind Jain apart in the crowded AI market, attracting investors and paving the way for long-term growth. Thank you to Business Insider’s Melia Russell for including my insights in this timely story. It’s an exciting time to be an investor in AI, but we need to remain disciplined.

Only 5 days away from our Race Capital Venture Summit 2024. I really feel like we are planning 3 weddings at the same time. My team Race Capital and I are super excited and getting ready! People frequently tell me one of the things they love about the Summit is the people. We feel so honored that to have so many amazing venture firms in our industry including  Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, Goldman Sachs and many more join us! Here are a few great things to read/watch this week: 🚗 Top 10 Most Funded AI Companies as of April 2024 💪 The State of AAPI in Venture Capital 🌉 Generative AI Brings San Francisco Back from the Dead 📺 The Race To Regulate AI  🎬 Join my TC Boston workshop! Over 13 startups raised $298.1M in funding last week! Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gvQRevDB #accelerator #topline #enterprise #application #RaceCapital #SeedInvesting #StartupCulture  #StartupFunding #databricks #openAI #venturefund #Entrepreneurship #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #BioTechInnovations #EnvironmentalStartups #SanFrancisco #VentureCapital #TechIndustryNews #SiliconValley #LeadershipInsights #foundershk #BusinessStrategies #enterprise #RaceSummit #TechCrunch #EarlyStage #Boston The photo below is from our last Summit. =)

Venture Capital's $7 Trillion Moonshot of Moonshots - Last year, seed deals averaged $3.2 million. - Sam Altman aims for a $7 trillion raise for a new generation of chips, 2.2 million times the average seed round! - The pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a moonshot of moonshots. - With its $100 billion investment, SoftBank's Vision Fund transformed venture norms, boosting tech valuations and debates on sustainability and growth. - Beyond the headlines, this is bound to create ripple effects and redefine who underwrites big bets for the next stages of AI evolution. #VentureCapital #Moonshots #AI #TechInvestment

The discussion with Bill Liao is so insightful and fun. AI 👍🏼 Great perspectives for our Practical AI programs. Upcoming AI programs inc Cambridge on 18 April. https://lnkd.in/d4GjfXe

It is always good to see when a European start-up is making disruptive progress and Paris-based Mistral AI is certainly remarkable, raising $600 million at a $6 billion #valuation for their Series B led by US fund manager General Catalyst, after raising a $112 million Seed Round a year ago to set up a European rival to OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI giants. Co-founded by alumni from Meta and Google’s Google DeepMind, the company is working on foundational models with the aim to rival the best performing models today, such as OpenAI’s GPT-4o, Anthropic’s Claude 3 and Meta’s Llama 3. Even more interesting from a capital markets standpoint is the broad and global list of investors which includes Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Salesforce Ventures, Belgian financial institution Belfius, Bertelsmann Investments, BNP Paribas, Bpifrance (through its Digital Venture fund), Cisco, Eurazeo, Headline, Hanwha Asset Management Co., Ltd.'s venture fund, IBM, Korelya Capital, Millennium New Horizons, Sanabil Investments, ServiceNow and SV Angel. Several of these groups do not invest in VC/early-stage or in Europe so its good to see European companies attracting different sources of capital. Lets see how this progresses. #europe #paris #france #ai #startups #fundraising #startups #venturecapital #fundmanagers #capitalmarkets https://lnkd.in/gg4FThvv