The AI bubble and the global polycrisis
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The AI bubble is a symptom of our wider economic problems. It’s the last thing masking the bigger systemic issues — so they don’t show up in the macro numbers. Just on the ground. But the US bombed Iran, and Iran shut the supply lines for the world. Whoops. Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel at […]

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The AI bubble and the global polycrisis

The AI bubble is a symptom of our wider economic problems. It’s the last thing masking the bigger systemic issues — so they don’t show up in the macro numbers. Just on the ground. But the US bombed…

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Shield AI raised $2 billion at a $12.7 billion valuation, more than doubling from last year. Advent International and Blackstone led the round. Part of proceeds will fund acquiring Aechelon Technology, whose simulation software runs the Pentagon's Joint Simulation Environment for testing autonomous systems. Signals growing private equity interest in defense tech.

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Shield AI Raises $2B, Doubles Valuation to $12.7B

Shield AI raised two billion dollars at a $12.7 billion valuation, more than doubling its worth in one year. Advent International and Blackstone led the round. Part of the proceeds will fund the acquisition of Aechelon Technology, whose simulation software powers the Pentagon's Joint Simulation Envi

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Harvey raised $200M at $11B valuation, its fourth round in 14 months. Revenue doubled to $190M with half the AmLaw 100 as clients. The 58x revenue multiple reflects venture capital's split between AI model companies and vertical applications. Legal profession faces structural changes as AI-native firms emerge. #LegalTech #VentureCapital #AI

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Harvey Raises $200M at $11B Valuation in Legal AI Push

Harvey raised $200 million at an $11 billion valuation, its fourth fundraise in fourteen months. Revenue doubled to $190 million. As AI-native law firms emerge and venture capital splits between model companies and vertical AI, the legal profession faces its biggest shift.

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AI notetaking app Granola raised $125M at $1.5B valuation from Index Ventures and Kleiner Perkins - six times its worth from ten months ago. Revenue grew 2.5x since January through word-of-mouth adoption in Silicon Valley. Shows continued investor appetite for productivity AI tools with measurable traction.

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Granola Raises $125M at $1.5B Valuation for AI Notetaker

The AI notetaking app that spread through Silicon Valley by word of mouth just closed its biggest round yet. Index Ventures led $125 million in new funding for Granola at a $1.5 billion valuation, six times what the startup was worth ten months ago. Revenue grew 2.5 times since January. Kleiner Perk

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3 #TorstenSlok, chief economist at Apollo Global Management: And AI currently makes up 60% of investments in #venturecapital. The bottom line is that there is one factor driving returns in #portfolios, namely #AI. 🧵
Kleiner Perkins raises 3.5B USD to invest in AI startups, with 1B for early-stage and 2.5B for late-stage growth. The firm joins a wave of VC funding pouring into artificial intelligence as the sector continues to attract record capital. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/with-3-5b-in-fresh-capital-kleiner-perkins-is-going-all-in-on-ai/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #VentureCapital #KleinerPerkins
With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI | TechCrunch

The fundraise includes $1 billion for investing in early-stage startups, and $2.5 billion for late-stage growth businesses.

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