“AI Makes Past Hype Cycles Look Tame”: PitchBook on the Stunning Venture Capital Mania for AI

wolfstreet.com/2025/09/30/ai-makes-past-hype-cycles-look-tame-pitchbook-on-the-stunning-venture-capital-mania-for-ai

At these valuations, “exit hurdles become exceptionally large.”
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.
AI startups’ aggregate post-money valuation (the valuation after the latest round of funding) soared to $2.30 trillion, up from $1.69 trillion in 2024, and up from $469 billion in 2020, which…

This story appeared on wolfstreet.com, 2025-10-01 02:10:14.
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