AI

In response to extended fundraising periods, start-ups are raising bigger seed rounds to bridge the gap, shows JPMorgan’s latest half-year report.

The ongoing shift from big, expensive military assets like battleships and fighter jets to smaller, more agile and less costly ones positions Anduril and other venture-backed companies to win more government and commercial contracts and draw more capital from investors.

Mismatched valuation expectations are impeding defense tech acquisitions.

Investors seem to be directing more capital to support existing portfolio companies instead of pursuing new investments, while earlier timing for mega-deals suggests a push to accelerate development to beat competitors.

Firm with $7.3bn raised in VC program since first fund in 1990 anticipating return of IPOs and M&As later this year or next, with uptick of CVs in the meantime.

Impact investors have an opportunity to make the AI industry safer and reap sizeable returns in the process, panellists tell the Impact Investor Global Summit.

By 2030, AI will replace 'almost all experts in every area,' including oncologists, accountants, salespeople and structural engineers, says famed venture capitalist Vinod Khosla.

AI, robots, secondaries, climate, women-led funds and data centers were the topics of most interest to Venture Capital Journal readers in 2024.

Experts from Insight Partners, Microsoft and IBM weigh in on the challenges that must be overcome before AI agents become commonplace in the enterprise.