70% of seed-stage VC dollars are going to AI companies.
At least within software. But deep tech isn’t far behind.
Investors are increasingly focused on AI applications and infrastructure software at the expense of...well, nearly everything else.
Now usually when a theme gets this consensus, there is alpha to be found in the contrarian position. But maybe this time is different?
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