This follow-up survey will take a closer look at the current status of 58 startups featured in eight reports created during the period from just before the AI boom to the beginning ( July 2022 to March 2023 ).
Looking back at the situation at the time, during the VC bubble in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic , the scale and pace of fundraising accelerated, leading to a "first-come, first-served" phenomenon of VC investment.
However, the situation changed dramatically in 2023. Many startups faced a drying up of VC investments and scrambled to curb burn rates, including through staff reductions, in order to extend their cash runway even slightly.
Many startups were forced to rush to monetize rather than focus on the growth they should have been aiming for.
Startups that have survived turbulent times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought about major changes in the rules of business, and the acceleration and deceleration of venture capital investment, are now suddenly being hit by the AI whirlwind.
Many of the growing startups are actively launching new services, improving customer experience through the use of AI , and streamlining operations.
For overseas tech companies, staff reductions are not a symbol of peaking out, but rather a means to leap forward in the future, and Skills Transformation has become a part of normal business operations in many companies.
This survey also found that there are many cases where companies have launched new services after large-scale personnel cuts and have experienced rapid growth.
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