The world of adtech and ad-related startups was flush with cash three years ago. This year marks a stark reversal with what financial data website Crunchbase describes as a collapse in funding.
So far in 2024, $360 million has been pumped into ad-related startups, the lowest in more than a …
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I'm fairly certain there's another factor involved: investors aren't clear how much emerging AI models will render many of these start-ups as zombies.