Other Giants

Google spent $2.7 billion in 2024 to hire most of the staff from the startup Character AI and license its technologies, while Microsoft reportedly spent $650 million to license Inflection's AI models and hire its CEO Mustafa Suleyman.

How much money did startups outside the USA receive?

Startups outside the USA received only $6.2 billion from all venture investments in the market in 2024. However, there were some major winners, such as Beijing-based Moonshot AI ($1 billion in February), French startup Mistral ($640 million in June), Cologne-based DeepL ($300 million in May), Shanghai firm MiniMax ($600 million in March), and Tokyo startup Sakana AI ($214 million in September).