Author: Patrick Collins

Compiled by: Chopper, Foresight News

In 2025, venture capital firms such as Sequoia, A16z, Lightspeed, and Y Combinator heavily invested in AI companies, with funds flowing from the cryptocurrency sector to AI. Not to mention, the overall price of cryptocurrencies has recently plummeted.

Sequoia Capital’s investment trends over the past three years

A16z’s investment trends over the past three years

Lightspeed’s investment trends over the past three years

Y Combinator’s investment trends over the past three years

I have seen many people who entered Web3 around 2019/2020, like me, start to leave for AI companies or predictive markets. As a practitioner fully committed to blockchain and decentralized finance, I believe…