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Nasscom Agentic AI Roadshow Series Concludes Successfully in India
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Marking a significant step on the #RoadToImpact, the Nasscom Agentic AI Roadshow Series, powered by Google for Startups, successfully concluded its engagement with India's burgeoning Agentic AI ecosystem. This high-impact, multi-city initiative, which was proudly organized as a
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Collaboration necessity when lacking massive financial resources
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“When you don’t have hundreds of billions of dollars of funding, you’re actually forced to work together and collaborate."
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Founder Seeks Investment Support from Pat
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Thanks Pat. Wouldn’t be here without your support. If you’re a founder, take $ from Pat!
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Is the AI Boom a Bubble or Just Beginning?
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Is the Artificial Intelligence Boom Turning Into a Bubble or Just Getting Started?
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ZIRP Era Pullback: Funding Diverse Founders Outside SF
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zirp era changes around investing in diverse founders outside of SF seem to have pulled back
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Seed-Strapping: Growing AI Startups Without Additional Funding
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have you hear of "seed-strapping"? where you raise a seed round and grow without any additional funding? sounds great and definitely possible with AI. challenge for pre-seed VCs (if you care) is that seed/bridges are increasingly SAFEs, so it might take 2-3 rounds before any
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Venture funding timelines extend significantly for AI startups
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time between venture rounds is growing median time from seed to series a went from 1.6 in 2019 to 2.2 years in 2025 40% of companies who raised series a in 2025 took longer than 3 years after their seed
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Bridge Rounds Help AI Startups Reach Series A Funding
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historically, startups who raised bridge rounds were less likely to raise a series a (signals slower growth) 2025 saw three quarters in a row where bridged startups outpaces non-bridged startups at series a (don't think it means bridges are good per se, just more needed)