VCs Predict Enterprises Will Spend More on AI in 2026 — Through Fewer Vendors

VCs predict enterprises will spend more on AI in 2026 — through fewer vendors

Enterprises have been experimenting with AI tools for a few years. Investors predict they will start to pick winners in 2026.

2025 was the year of VC FOMO but a 'reckoning' might be coming in 2026.

A girl reaches up to burst a large bubble on the Palace Plaza in Stuttgart, Germany, 19 October 2017. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty ImagesThere were nearly 700 seed-stage rounds of $10 million or more in 2025, with some significantly larger.But some VCs think a 'bloodbath' is coming because VC firms are having a harder time fundraising.Still, VCs are ge…

Enterprises Expected To Consolidate AI Spending In 2026 As Experimentation Phase Winds Down

Enterprise spending on artificial intelligence is expected to rise in 2026, but investors say the increase will be concentrated among fewer vendors as companies move away from broad experimentation and begin consolidating their AI toolkits, according to a survey conducted by TechCrunch. Budgets Rise As Pilot Phase Ends TechCrunch surveyed 24 venture capital firms focused on enterprise technology. The majority said enterprises are likely to incre…

Venture Capitalists see enterprises increasing AI funding in 2026

Venture capitalists are forecasting that a majority of enterprises will increase their budgets for AI in 2026. This comes as businesses are largely turning to AI on the back of its transformative abilities. However, these investments into AI will not be for everything but concentrated, according to a survey carried out by TechCrunch. The survey revealed that many enterprises will channel their funding into fewer contracts. Venture capitalists pr…

VC Firms Expect Enterprises to Concentrate AI Spending on Proven Solutions

Venture capital firms reportedly expect enterprises to spend more on AI in 2026 while also concentrating that spending on fewer contracts.