'Disrupted or dead': AI is crushing a generation of startups built before ChatGPT
10d ago
New PitchBook data shared with CNBC shows more than 220 former unicorns have slipped below a billion-dollar valuation as capital floods toward AI.
🔹 Startups that last raised in 2021 are worth 68% less on average, with the 2022 group down about 52%
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