Analysis

January 2, 2024

A US tech talent exodus, AI getting boring and a return to some sort of normalcy: Sifted journalists’ predictions for 2024

German startups will push for more, US election delays, a good year for biotech and more 2024 predictions from Sifted journalists


2023 was something of a slow burn for European tech. A total of $45bn will have been pumped into European startups by the end of 2023 — a drop of more than half on the peak of $100bn in 2021.

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