Something unusual is happening in venture capital: the checks are getting smaller, but they are being written faster. Seed rounds for AI startups now close in days, not months, as investors race to back small teams with big ideas about agents, robotics, and scientific discovery.
Founders tell a familiar story: a prototype built over a weekend, a waitlist that fills overnight, and term sheets arriving before the pitch deck is finished. Whether this is a bubble or the birth of a new industrial era depends on who you ask — but the talent migration is undeniable.
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