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July 14, 2025

Stand aside unicorns. Here come the donkeycorns

Rather than trying to hunt down rare and elusive unicorns, some VCs are targeting thousands of smaller AI-led startups

John Thornhill

4 min read

Agentic AI is revolutionising how startups are built. Just about every business process in every industry is now up for grabs as a new generation of founders frantically works out the best ways of deploying AI agents in the real world and building new businesses. 

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John Thornhill

John Thornhill is Sifted’s founder and innovation editor of the Financial Times. He tweets from @johnthornhillft

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