According to a Ropes & Gray report, total AI deal values increased 127% in H1 2025 compared to H1 2024, even as overall private capital fundraising declined 40%.
Investors paid significant premiums for promising AI startups and talent. Acquisitions of AI companies by strategic investors accelerated.
More than one-third of high-performing companies committed over 20% of their digital budgets to AI technologies, showing AI has moved from experimental to core business strategy.