Chintan Zalani
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Tracking AI startup funding rounds + identifying AI market gaps and emerging trends at @thebotmemo
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What’s on your GPT 5 wish list?. Let me go first: a genuine taste of agentic AI that course corrects until it gets simple tasks done!.
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Agentic startups are hot 🔥. Here are five distinct agent categories that captured serious funding:. 1. Vertical-Specific Automation (legal workflow agents like Harvey AI, healthcare documentation agents like Abridge, fintech trading agents like AgentSmyth),. 2. AI-Native.
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RT @chintanzalani: 🌱 AI funding dropped 42% in Q2!. Here's why that's GOOD news for AI startups 👇🏽.
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7/ Want more actionable AI startup funding breakdowns?. Subscribe to get my upcoming Q2 AI startup market report with the link in my bio. Before you go, I am grateful for your support on the thread:
🌱 AI funding dropped 42% in Q2!. Here's why that's GOOD news for AI startups 👇🏽.
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6/ AI M&A is taking a page out of a new playbook:. Big tech now "acquihires" top AI talent via minority investments & soft landings. - Meta bought 49% of Scale AI for the CEO+team,.- Rubrik bought Predibase for their LLM talent. - Google's Windsurf deal was crazy:
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5/ Let me share a few early-stage agentic startups you need to check out:
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4/ Major shift: Investors no longer spraying cash at vague tech. Only on anything "agentic"—the biggest trend for 2025. The hottest agent categories in Q2 were:. – Legal/Fintech workflow (Harvey AI, AgentSmyth).– Healthcare doc AI (Abridge).– Agent infra (Relevance AI,.
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3/ We saw:. - More companies funded: 1,357 vs 1,215 (+12%).- Median deal size UP 17%.- More unique VCs active
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2/ Q2 saw a 42% funding drop. But beyond the headline grabbing funding rounds:. The AI startup ecosystem is *healthier & more dynamic* than ever.
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1/ Q1 2025: AI funding hit $102B, a *record.* . But as huge as that was:. It's mostly a mirage, *distorted* by a few mega-deals.
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🌱 AI funding dropped 42% in Q2!. Here's why that's GOOD news for AI startups 👇🏽.
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Q2 AI funding dropped by 42% QoQ. Plot twist: That's actually good news. Get the deep dive in my newsletter dropping at 11 am ET today. Link in my bio 🔗.
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Lovable is one of the most inspiring AI companies. The agent launch will make it even more accessible to users! I am excited to try their new agentic workflow!.
Lovable just crossed $100M ARR in 8 months. Faster than OpenAI, Cursor, Wiz, and every other software company in history. Today we're launching a game-changing update, it reduces the error rates by 91%. Introducing Lovable Agent:
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RT @chintanzalani: 🌅 Last week, Manhattanhenge aligned the sun perfectly with NYC's streets. But something else aligned too. While San….
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🌅 Last week, Manhattanhenge aligned the sun perfectly with NYC's streets. But something else aligned too. While San Francisco chased AGI dreams, New York quietly pulled off something extraordinary.
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💡 What NYC's playbook reveals about AI's future:. 1. Biggest opportunities = "boring" legacy industries (finance, insurance, logistics). 2. Geographic arbitrage = SF valuations vs NYC execution. 3. Applied AI > AGI speculation
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The real signal? . The world's elite VCs are planting flags in NYC. Last week:. General Catalyst → Multi-stage bets.Bessemer VP → Seed rounds.Index Ventures → Series B
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Three deals from last week show NYC's applied AI focus:. 🏢 Nominal ($20M) → AI-powered ERP for accounting. 🏛️ Knox ($6.5M) → Federal cloud compliance automation. 🛠️ Vellum ($20M) → AI workflow platform for enterprises
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