| Hi, Agen. What’s the next big thing in tech? While we don’t have a crystal ball, we do have our own future-telling tool: Seed-funding data. By looking at today’s cohort of very young funded companies, we can piece together a sense of the technologies startup investors see most impacting our lives in future years. So without further ado, let’s look at five areas where seed investors have been most active. Plus, another big raise in a week of big raises — this time to an AI compute startup. From construction tech to AI health diagnostics to spacetech, our data shows seed-stage investors have been funding young startups across an array of fascinating industries. Lambda — a startup provider of Nvidia’s latest highly sought-after GPUs that counts Microsoft and Amazon among its customers — just hit unicorn status after a $320 million Series C at a $1.5 billion valuation. Related Crunchbase Pro list: Rounds Raised By Startups Using AI In 2024 Over the past few quarters, venture investors have poured hundreds of millions into companies with offerings aimed at freelance and gig workers. Top focus areas include platforms for finding work, accounting tools and apps tailored for specific industries. Related Crunchbase Pro list: Freelance And Gig Worker Services Startups After seeing a significant slowdown in venture funding through the first half of 2022, some of the biggest sectors in deep tech — quantum computing, space travel and robotics — showed resiliency in 2023, according to Crunchbase data. Related Crunchbase Pro list: Deep Tech Funding Venture funding to the media, entertainment, and gaming industry is declining, but it’s far from game over. We’re also seeing emerging opportunities for generative AI to transform the sector. | 
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