{"id":653088,"date":"2025-02-11T14:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T11:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ai-investments-surged-62-to-110b-in-2024-while-startup-funding-declined-12-says-dealroom\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T11:25:13","slug":"ai-investments-surged-62-to-110b-in-2024-while-startup-funding-declined-12-says-dealroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-investments-surged-62-to-110b-in-2024-while-startup-funding-declined-12-says-dealroom\/","title":{"rendered":"#AI investments surged 62% to $110B in 2024 while startup funding declined 12%, says Dealroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23d326408cd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23d326408cd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-investments-surged-62-to-110b-in-2024-while-startup-funding-declined-12-says-dealroom\/#How_will_2024_AI_funding_play_out_in_2025\" >How will 2024 AI funding play out in 2025?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venture capitalists are gobbling up term sheets for startups peddling artificial intelligence, but they\u2019re remaining picky when it comes to funding the wider spectrum of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to new figures from analytics firm Dealroom, AI startups raised $110 billion last year, 62% more than the year before. At the same time, privately-backed companies (startups and scale-ups) across the technology spectrum raised $227 billion in 2024, down 12% from 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1340\" height=\"1078\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2963521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png 1340w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=150,121 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=300,241 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=768,618 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=680,547 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=1200,965 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=1280,1030 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=430,346 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=720,579 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=900,724 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=800,644 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=668,537 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=466,375 466w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=767,617 767w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.27.10.png?resize=660,531 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1340px) 100vw, 1340px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yoram Wijngaarde, the founder of Dealroom, has been analyzing and advising in the tech industry for decades. Although marketplaces had a barnstorming moment in the late 1990s and early 2000s in terms of investor attention, nothing has come close to the impact AI has had on investing in terms of activity and value. \u201cThis is the biggest wave ever by absolute amounts invested,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s never been anything like it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the reason for that, it seems, is the fact that there is a wider ecosystem being touched by AI, covering hardware and infrastructure, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications, foundational models and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A list of some of the biggest AI funding rounds in 2024 speaks to the different areas that are attracting attention. Anthropic (large language models, generative AI), Waymo (self-driving), Anduril (defense), xAI (applications), Databricks (processing and managing data, especially AI data) and Vantage (data centers and infrastructure) were among the top-ten biggest fundraisers of 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although OpenAI feels like the poster child for AI right now, it did not raise the most money last year. That spot was taken by Databricks, which raised $10 billion, compared to OpenAI\u2019s $6.6 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, with the most funding in aggregate \u2014 more than $20 billion to date, with another $40 billion reportedly in the works \u2014 and a viral app in the form of ChatGPT, OpenAI has come to represent a bellwether in the industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unsurprisingly, its two biggest business interests, foundational models and generative AI, appear to be the engines driving all VC activity, with generative AI companies raising $47.4 billion in 2024, and foundational AI technology overtaking AI applications with the most growth (and a giant slice of funding) over the last two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1426\" height=\"1108\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2963522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png 1426w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=150,117 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=768,597 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=680,528 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=1200,932 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=1280,995 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=430,334 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=720,559 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=900,699 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=800,622 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=668,519 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=483,375 483w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=794,617 794w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-08.44.10.png?resize=683,531 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1426px) 100vw, 1426px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dealroom report was commissioned to coincide with a week of AI events in Paris around the French government\u2019s AI Action Summit. Part of the event\u2019s agenda is focused on the question of how to champion more equitable AI development across more markets, beyond the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those who believe AI companies are under-supported outside of that market, Dealroom\u2019s figures lay bare how that works. A full 42% ($80.7 billion) of venture capital raised in the U.S. went to AI startups last year, compared to just 25% ($12.8 billion) in Europe, and 18% across the rest of the world. China was the standout last year with $7.6 billion invested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1468\" height=\"1148\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2963523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png 1468w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=150,117 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=300,235 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=768,601 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=680,532 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=1200,938 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=1280,1001 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=430,336 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=720,563 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=900,704 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=800,626 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=668,522 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=480,375 480w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=789,617 789w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.07.38.png?resize=679,531 679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1468px) 100vw, 1468px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn Europe we have a bit of an innovators\u2019 dilemma,\u201d said Wijngaarde. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to replace what we have and that can be a less aggressive position.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-will-2024-ai-funding-play-out-in-2025\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_will_2024_AI_funding_play_out_in_2025\"><\/span>How will 2024 AI funding play out in 2025?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the reasons AI startups have raised so much money is that the costs of building and operating these services: large language models cost a lot in computing infrastructure to build and run. The emergence of DeepSeek and other projects \u2014 one built a rival to an OpenAI model for just $50 \u2014 present an alternative approach built on open source. Is that something we will see develop further in the year ahead? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, the prospects for open-source companies have been fairly modest, even counting the outsized presence of Mistral (which bills itself as open source) in Europe and Meta\u2019s efforts in the space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dealroom says some 12% of AI VC funding last year went to startups building open source AI. \u201cHowever, there is considerable grey area for what is considered open source or not,\u201d Orla Browne, its head of insights, told me. \u201cFor example, xAI is not included in these figures, as while Grok-1 was open source, Grok-2 is currently not. With the inclusion of xAI alone, the percentage would rise to 22%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for VC firms, Dealroom found that Antler made the most investments in the field last year, with a16z, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Catalyst, Sequoia and Khosla Ventures rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1466\" height=\"1144\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2963525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png 1466w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=150,117 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=300,234 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=768,599 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=680,531 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=1200,936 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=1280,999 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=430,336 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=720,562 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=900,702 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=800,624 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=668,521 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=481,375 481w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-09.08.19.png?resize=791,617 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1466px) 100vw, 1466px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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