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Pro Weekly: Megadeals Lead Fourth-Quarter AI Funding Surge

By Akash Pasricha · Feb 14, 2025 8:00am PST · 1 comment
As public companies report their fourth-quarter financial results, we’ve been running the numbers on fourth-quarter venture funding for startups in our Generative AI Database. Two headlines emerged: It was the biggest quarter yet, and venture capitalists are bullish on artificial intelligence agents.Investors poured nearly $20.9 billion into AI... As public companies report their fourth-quarter financial results, we’ve been running the numbers...
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Pro Weekly: Megadeals Dominate AI Funding

By Akash Pasricha · Nov 29, 2024 8:30am PST
Anthropic’s sibling co-founders, Dario and Daniela Amodei, had much to celebrate over Thanksgiving dinner this year. One week ago, Amazon said it would be stuffing their company with yet another $4 billion investment. It’s the second time Amazon has done so—it announced its first Anthropic investment of that size into the company back in... Anthropic’s sibling co-founders, Dario and Daniela Amodei, had much to celebrate over...
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Pro Weekly: Third-Quarter AI Funding Falls, but There’s a Catch

By Akash Pasricha · Oct 4, 2024 8:00am PDT
Fourth-quarter artificial intelligence funding is off to a big start with OpenAI locking in $6.6 billion in fresh capital this week. It’s the second-largest funding round we’ve ever recorded in our Generative AI Database, behind Microsoft’s $10 billion OpenAI investment in January 2023.But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The third quarter just... Fourth-quarter artificial intelligence funding is off to a big start with OpenAI locking in $6.6...
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Fed Hike Changes AI Funding Story

By Martin Peers · Sep 16, 2026 5:01pm PDT
Put aside, for just a moment, all the arguments about AI safety. Today’s decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates may be a bigger issue for the AI sector in the short term. Long-term bond yields had already risen, of course. But the Fed’s action—pushing up short- and medium-term borrowing costs—seems sure to crimp the debt-fueled... Put aside, for just a moment, all the arguments about AI safety. Today’s decision by the Federal...
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Dealmaker

Gimlet's Three-Tranche Deal Reveals AI Funding Frenzy

By Stephanie Palazzolo and Phoebe Liu · Sep 8, 2026 5:37pm PDT
Gimlet Labs said late last week it had raised $300 million at a valuation of about $3 billion, in a round led by new investor Andreessen Horowitz. Today we have unreported details on how that round, which boosted its valuation by a whopping 16 times from its last PitchBook valuation, came together.The three-year-old startup, which helps AI... Gimlet Labs said late last week it had raised $300 million at a valuation of about $3 billion, in...
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The Hidden Risks in AI Funding

By Ken Brown · Apr 29, 2026 8:34am PDT · 1 comment
Bankers and investors, especially when they are sitting in front of an audience, are not shy about offering their opinions. Yet when I asked a panel of money types at our Financing the AI Revolution conference on Monday about risks in the current market, I got near silence.We had been discussing the billions of investment dollars pouring into... Bankers and investors, especially when they are sitting in front of an audience, are not shy...