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AI’s $100 billion impact: 2024’s VC surge and the road ahead for startups | Equity Podcast

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Today on Equity () , Julie Bort sits down with Crunchbase News’ Senior Data Editor, Gené Teare, to dive deeper into the year’s slight growth in investment () , which reached $314 billion, up from $304 billion in 2023. The pair explores how AI became a dominant force in the landscape. As Teare puts it, “Tech rides on bubbles. What bubbles tell you is that if everyone’s putting dollars into a certain sector, it means there are very big outcomes coming.”

Listen to the full episode to hear more about:

• The surge of AI investment and what it signals for the future

• The challenges startups face in raising capital, particularly in Series A

• Regional concentration of venture funding, especially in the U.S.

• What’s next for the IPO market as we look toward 2025

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@gtleshow

January 29, 2025 at 8:54 pm

“Tech rides on bubbles” is the most venture capital thing I’ve ever heard.

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