How Early-Stage VCs Are Getting Around the Startup Valuation Trap

The AI startup world is something of a paradox right now. We keep hearing talk that we're in a bubble. And there’s no doubt that venture funding for young artificial intelligence startups is (mostly) free-flowing, which is great for founders. But the market isn’t so great for investors, particularly early-stage VC firms which are often competing with big tech firms like Google, Microsoft and Amazon that are jumping in to fund startups. (See this tremendous piece by Tim …

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