Global venture capital reached $120.7 billion in Q3 2025, the fourth straight quarter of growth, according to KPMG’s Venture Pulse Report. AI dominated funding flows, with Anthropic ($13B), xAI ($10B), and Mistral ($1.5B) among the largest rounds. From the U.S. to Europe and Canada, investors are pouring record sums into both model builders and applied AI startups—cementing AI as the gravity well of global VC.

Beyond has launched Neyoba, an AI-powered natural language assistant that lets short-term rental managers query pricing and performance data conversationally. The tool makes revenue management more accessible for non-technical users and reflects a broader trend: AI’s first step in most industries isn’t autonomy — it’s usability. The next frontier? Letting AI manage pricing and bookings at scale.

Penske Media, owner of Rolling Stone and Billboard, has sued Google over its AI Overviews, accusing it of exploiting publisher content while draining traffic. Here at TheMarketAI.com, we’ve seen the shift firsthand as AI crawlers now outnumber human readers. The lawsuit highlights a deeper collision: the search engine model vs. the AI summary model, where more AI use could ironically erode the very content it relies on.

Google showcased a “multimodal table” that converts photos and videos into structured text, filling gaps in dashboards where feedback is missing. The practicality for complaints may be debatable, but the capability is powerful: turning non-text inputs into actionable data. TheMarketAI.com Take: Multimodal AI could bridge the physical and digital worlds, opening new use cases from bakeries to hospitals.

AI is advancing so fast that serious product builders risk launching outdated tools by the time they ship. Even Apple delayed key features as the tech rapidly evolves. Like the PC boom of the '90s, today’s AI shifts demand perfect timing — or your cutting-edge release might already feel obsolete.