INVESTING IN TEN SQUARED

Ten Squared is a scalable, subscription revenue model based on multiple-purchases of AI agents and autopilots, targeting an addressable market of 5.6 million UK SMEs growing to 23 million across the European market.

AI TECH DOMINATED GLOBAL INVESTMENT IN 2024

FUNDING FOR AI AND ML

ACCOUNTED FOR

35.7%

AN INCREASE OF

+50%

OF ALL VC GLOBAL DEAL VALUE

TO $131.5BN

FUNDING FOR AI AND ML

ACCOUNTED FOR

35.7%

AN INCREASE OF

+50%

OF ALL VC GLOBAL DEAL VALUE

TO $131.5BN

VC $ INVESTED GLOBALLY IN 2024 WENT TO AN AI START UP

N. AMERICA AI CO’S ‘GRABBED’ ½ OF ALL VC $ – A RECORD

$75.6bn

IN 2024 MANY NON-AI CO’S CAN’T RAISE A $

N. AMERICA AI CO’S ‘GRABBED’ ½ OF ALL VC $ – A RECORD

$75.6bn

IN 2024 MANY NON-AI CO’S CAN’T RAISE A $

START-UPS ARE NOW AI CO’S

A RECORD

$40bn

WAS INVESTED IN FOUNDATIONAL MODELS AND AI CORE START-UPS (TOTAL OF $60.2BN SINCE 2023)

A RECORD

$40bn

WAS INVESTED IN FOUNDATIONAL MODELS AND AI CORE START-UPS (TOTAL OF $60.2BN SINCE 2023)

AI ‘RETURNS’ ARE OUTPACING PEER VERTICALS IN METRICS (VALUATIONS AND UNICORN CREATION) MANY ARE SCALING

$1m to $3m

ARR IN UNDER A YEAR

AI ‘RETURNS’ ARE OUTPACING PEER VERTICALS IN METRICS (VALUATIONS AND UNICORN CREATION) MANY ARE SCALING

$1m to $3m

ARR IN UNDER A YEAR

GLOBAL INVESTMENTS IN GEN AI START-UPS TOPPED

$3.9bn

IN Q3

GLOBAL INVESTMENTS IN GEN AI START-UPS TOPPED

$3.9bn

IN Q3

BUT AI TECH DEALS…ARE DOMINATED BY BIG INVESTORS

XAI (ELON MUSK)

ACCOUNTED FOR

$6bn

AN INCREASE OF

$40bn

Led by Blackrock; Sequoia; NVIDIA

XAI (ELON MUSK)

ACCOUNTED FOR

$6bn

AN INCREASE OF

$40bn

Led by Blackrock; Sequoia; NVIDIA

SAFESUPERINTELLIGENCE

(founded by Ilya Sutskever co-founder and chief scientist at Open AI)

RAISED

$75.6bn

FOR AI SAFETY

SAFESUPERINTELLIGENCE

(founded by Ilya Sutskever co-founder and chief scientist at Open AI)

RAISED

$75.6bn

FOR AI SAFETY

ANTHROPIC

RAISED

$2bn

VALUED

$60bn

Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners + $1bn from Alphabet

ANTHROPIC

RAISED

$2bn

VALUED

$60bn

Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners + $1bn from Alphabet

SIERRA

(Founded by Bret Taylor Sales Force’s co-ceo)

RAISED

$175bn

VALUED

$4.5bn

Led by GreenOaks

SIERRA

(Founded by Bret Taylor Sales Force’s co-ceo)

RAISED

$175bn

VALUED

$4.5bn

Led by GreenOaks

OPEN AI

(Founded by Bret Taylor Sales Force’s co-ceo)

TARGETING

$6.6bn

VALUED

$157bn

Led by Microsoft; NVIDIA; MGX + talks to raise $40bn led by Softbank pushing 2025 valuation to $340bn

OPEN AI

(Founded by Bret Taylor Sales Force’s co-ceo)

TARGETING

$6.6bn

VALUED

$157bn

Led by Microsoft; NVIDIA; MGX + talks to raise $40bn led by Softbank pushing 2025 valuation to $340bn

DATA BRICKS

RAISED

$8.6bn

VALUED

$62bn

Led by Thrive

DATA BRICKS

RAISED

$8.6bn

VALUED

$62bn

Led by Thrive

PREDICTIONS FOR 2025

A second AI co. will hit the

$100bn

valuation mark

PREDICTIONS FOR 2025

A second AI co. will hit the

$100bn

valuation mark

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ‘SMALLER’ INVESTORS TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF AI INNOVATION

FOUNDATIONAL MODELS

Funding in foundational models up +100% led by largest investors - 'smaller VCs are left looking elsewhere’.

COMMERCIAL APPLICATION LAYERS

AI investments will switch from foundational models, hardware and infrastructure layers to commercial application layers (longer term returns).

The ‘application layer’ is where Europe can excel.

FOUNDATIONAL MODELS

Funding in foundational models up +100% led by largest investors - 'smaller VCs are left looking elsewhere’.

COMMERCIAL APPLICATION LAYERS

AI investments will switch from foundational models, hardware and infrastructure layers to commercial application layers (longer term returns).

The ‘application layer’ is where Europe can excel.

MARKET DISTORTION

Investors are concerned AI is becoming a ‘tool’ to raise capital, distorting the market with unsustainable values.

MARKET DISRUPTION

DeepSeek is disrupting rival large language models ‘unlocking enormous opportunities for application layers which will catalyse a new wave of AI start ups’.

MARKET DISTORTION

Investors are concerned AI is becoming a ‘tool’ to raise capital, distorting the market with unsustainable values.

MARKET DISRUPTION

DeepSeek is disrupting rival large language models ‘unlocking enormous opportunities for application layers which will catalyse a new wave of AI start ups’.