Global Venture Funding Hits $159B in Q3 as AI Takes 64% and Billion-Dollar Rounds Set a Record
Sarah Chen
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A busy start to October across AI hardware, open-source models, voice AI and sports infrastructure, according to funding trackers.
Ribbit Capital joins Andreessen Horowitz in a round that roughly doubles the New York company's valuation.
Andreessen Horowitz and Accel co-led the round for the AI-native security startup, seven months after it emerged from stealth.
Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer co-led the round for the company applying AI to property management and healthcare.
The Series G extension holds the data-security company's valuation at about $12 billion.
Following a period of correction, VC firms are deploying capital again, but with drastically different criteria.
The goalposts have moved. Here are the metrics investors expect to see before writing a check.