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May 16, 2025

How AI will change the VC job

From fully automated dealmaking to AI-only funds, here’s how VCs predict AI will take over the investing gig


Anne Sraders

5 min read

Daniel Dippold of EWOR. Courtesy of EWOR.

VCs love to bang on about how AI is disrupting every industry in the biggest technology revolution since the internet. But the VC industry itself is also feeling the winds of change — and AI could have a huge impact on how investors do their jobs in the future, or if they have jobs. 

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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