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AI Startups Take Over 53% of Global VC, 162 Billion Dollars Raised in the First Half of 2025

Artificial intelligence is no longer a vertical. It is the core layer that every other industry is building on. According to PitchBook and Crunchbase, AI startups received 53 percent of all venture capital globally in the first half of 2025, with a total of 162 billion dollars raised. That is more than fintech, SaaS, biotech, and crypto combined.

The investment surge is led by three major forces. First, enterprise adoption of AI tools is now a baseline across every function. From onboarding to forecasting to sales enablement, AI is driving measurable efficiency gains.

Second and here’s a HUGE opportunity, investors are heavily favoring startups working on agentic AI. These are tools that not only generate content but take actions, automate processes, and integrate deeply into workflows.

Finally, the infrastructure layer is receiving massive backing. Capital is flowing into custom chips, model training optimization, and deployment frameworks that scale. A little more out of reach for the average person but it’ll power everything that AI systems are being built on.

Notable recent raises include Vector AI with 700 million dollars for on device agents, LucidLayer with 500 million for multimodal LLMs, and JunoStack with 280 million for AI native data systems.

So why should this matter to smaller teams?

Because, you are now building in the most well funded environment in tech. There is more infrastructure, more talent, and more attention than ever before.

Open models like Moonshot’s Kimi K2 are reducing the cost of experimentation. The enterprise market is hungry for focused, fast solutions that actually ship. And capital is looking further downstream for acquisition ready products.

The takeaway is clear. This is not just a capital shift. It is a strategic reset. AI is the foundation of the next decade of business. Founders who stay close to real problems and build with precision will win.