The new pitchbook data shows how dramatically dominating the AI startup investment, 2025 has become on-track first year when AI invested for more than half of all VC money.
The pitchbook reports that VCS has put $ 192.7 billion in the industry so far this year, out of a total of $ 366.8 billion, Bloomberg according toIn the most recent quarter, AI was responsible for 62.7% funds invested by the US VCS and 53.2% of the wealth invested by global firms.
Most of the money are going to the names like anthropic, which announced $ 13 billion series F on September. Meanwhile, the number of startups and venture funds is successfully raising funds at their lowest level – Pitchbook says that 823 funds have been raised globally so far in 2025 compared to 4,430 in 2022.
Kyle Sanford, director of the pitchbook research, told Bloomberg that the market is “bifurcated”, where “you are in AI, or you are not” and “you are a big firm, or you are not.”
