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AI Is Redistributing Economic Power – Even as Capital Concentrates

In 2025, Artificial Intelligence received the largest total dollar amount of investment from venture capital in history. Data from PitchBook, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), and Crunchbase show that AI companies received between 53% and 58% of global venture capital and approximately 64% of U.S. venture capital funding. Despite the increasing investment in venture capital, the total number of deals being made has gone down. Several smaller companies are receiving much larger rounds of funding, particularly at the foundational model and infrastructure layers. Although capital is increasingly concentrated in the hands of the few, this does not directly indicate where economic agency is located.

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VCs Podcasting Addiction and Its Implications

Podcasts present many opportunities for both VCs and startups from deal sourcing, brand and narrative building, to even the democratization of knowledge. However, it seems like these benefits have prevented many from seeing the risks associated with leaning too heavily into podcasting.

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The Overrated Search for Hype and Its Better Alternative

Hype waves emerge naturally in venture capital because the industry operates with limited transparency, long feedback cycles, and intense competition for access to the next transformative company. These dynamics amplify narrative-driven investing, where compelling trends quickly attract capital and talent, often reshaping entire sectors before fundamental results are proven. In other words, hype waves are particularly impactful to the venture space and are considered natural. That said, hype is by nature crowded and not differentiated. While the product provided by a hyped-up service might be interesting, competing companies become nearly interchangeable.

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The Series A Crunch

Everyone in VC is talking about the “Series A crunch,” but what does that actually mean? Picture this. You are a founder. You raise your seed round, pull together a small team, build your MVP, maybe land a few customers. You figure Series A is the next step. Instead, it feels like Series A keeps moving further away, the check is bigger, the expectations are higher, and your cash is running out faster. At that point, you either grab a bridge round, take on some venture debt, or risk running out of oxygen.

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Should VCs Invest in Construction?

Since the spike in artificial intelligence, venture capital firms have begun identifying start-ups that successfully integrate AI into untapped industries. The construction market may just be the new pioneer.