#startup-trends

#startup-trends

For the past decade, the archetypal founder was creeping up from someone in their 20s to someone a bit older. The average age of a "unicorn" founder-an entrepreneur who builds a startup valued at more than $1 billion-had steadily climbed to 33 by 2024, as investors gravitated toward seasoned veterans to navigate a complex market. However, a new report by global venture capital firm Antler, looking closely at the unicorn phenomenon, suggests the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is quickly reversing this trend, empowering a new generation of twenty-somethings to build massive companies at unprecedented speeds.