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How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024

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Everyone moved to earlier stage – part of the decline in late stage investing is the ‘baggage’ of companies that previously raised money at inflated valuations that they would struggle to justify in today’s market. That’s yet another reason for micro funds to move earlier in the fundraising timeline.

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Benchmarking LLMs performance

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AI investments down in Q1 2023 Another potential reason to the decline in AI investments is the rising prices, especially in a market that has seen most startup valuations (especially later stages), decline in price. With that said, I believe there’s still a huge opportunity for generative AI startups operating in niches.

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Israeli Startups Rebound: Q3 Sees $2.43 Billion Raised Amid Investor Shifts

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billion in earn out targets) and Wiz, Israel’s fast growing cybersecurity startup is talks on raising funding at $20 billion valuation, after turning down a Google acquisition offer for $23 billion. With attractive valuations and immense growth potential, the Israeli tech ecosystem remains resilient—no matter the circumstances.

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Generative AI will really take off when it moves from playful to useful

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Generative AI will really become magic when it moves from 'playful' to 'useful' – we will use multiple generative AI tools at work in the future, like we use grammarly and canned responses today… AI will become more vertical, and specific per role — Eze Vidra (@ediggs) November 5, 2022.

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Three buckets of generative AI opportunities

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David and Craft are considered top SaaS investors and David said that basically, the industry has been waiting for a catalyst, something that will accelerate digital transformation and help SaaS companies grow faster, and Generative AI seems to be it. Interestingly Craft Ventures divides AI opportunities into three main buckets: ??

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Cutting Through the AI Noise: How Startups Can Stand Out in a Crowded Market

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The breakneck speed of AI advancement is one of those areas where the stream of information is so constant and so dense, that it’s very hard to process it all, let alone STAND OUT in the crowd. This creates a challenge, but also an opportunity for startups in the generative AI space. apply here: [link] ).

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The Booming Voice AI Landscape: A VC Perspective

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Sierra AI , founded by Bret Taylor (former co-CEO of Salesforce, CTO of Facebook and current chairman of OpenAI) is currently raising hundreds of millions of dollars at $4 billion valuation, just a year or so from launch after unlocking AI voice agents for companies.

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