Wired 2026-03-16-2
Can AI Kill the Venture Capitalist?
The real VC disruption isn't AI replacing analysts: it's AI eliminating the customer. When a $300M-revenue company can reach unicorn status with 100 people and zero venture funding, the disruption is demand-side: startups don't need the capital. The "Moneyball for VC" thesis is flattering but structurally wrong; VC has a data poverty problem, not a data utilization problem.