I sat down with Kyle Stanford, Director of U.S. Venture Capital Research at PitchBook, for a conversation on what the data really says about today’s venture landscape. Kyle has a front-row seat to the numbers that shape how investors, founders, and markets think... from unexpected shifts in U.S. venture activity to the statistics driving AI’s explosive growth.

In this episode, we unpack the surprising trends behind the headlines, where the data tells a different story than conventional wisdom, and how Kyle sees the venture and AI markets evolving from here.