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This report highlights a critical liquidity bottleneck in the AI sector, where massive capital inflows driven by frontier labs are outpacing the ability to exit investments via IPOs or M&A. The data suggests that while venture deal volume remains record-high due to AI spending, the ecosystem faces significant pressure as returns for investors stall without sufficient exit activity.

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US venture deal value reaches record $515.8B as exits fail to keep pace

SiliconANGLEOctober 8, 20265 min read

Giant artificial intelligence rounds have pushed U.S. venture capital deal value about 44% past its previous annual record with a quarter still to go, according to the quarterly PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report released today, but the exits needed to return that money to investors have not kept pace. Much of the $515.8 billion invested in […] The post US venture deal value reaches record $515.8B as exits fail to keep pace appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

US venture deal value reaches record $515.8B as exits fail to keep pace Giant artificial intelligence rounds have pushed U.S. venture capital deal value about 44% past its previous annual record with a quarter still to go, according to the quarterly PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report released today, but the exits needed to return that money to investors have not kept pace. Much of the $515.8 billion invested in the first nine months of the year went to OpenAI Group PBC and Anthropic PBC, which between them raised more than $200 billion in the first half. Without…

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