A to Z of the Most Inspiring Companies 2025

https://www.peterfisk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/A-to-Z-of-Most-Inspiring-Companies-in-2025-by-Peter-Fisk.pdf

Due to Gen AI adoption, nearly three in five semiconductor organizations are seeing increased demand for NPUs, high-performance GPUs, and memory-intensive chips

https://www.capgemini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Semiconductors-report.pdf

Leaders follow the 10-20-70 principle to create value

https://web-assets.bcg.com/0b/f6/c2880f9f4472955538567a5bcb6a/ai-radar-2025-slideshow-jan-2025-r.pdf

VC investment globally rises to seven-quarter high as AI interest skyrockets

https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmgsites/xx/pdf/2025/01/venture-pulse-q4-2024.pdf

41% of revenue in S&P 500 companies comes from abroad

https://www.apolloacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/011225-Chart_v2.pdf

2025 Retail Predictions

https://web-assets.bcg.com/6b/c6/25f5ccc446f285a99bf35e506c16/2025-retail-predictions.pdf

How does the pool evolve?

https://hkifoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/employee-equity-balderton.pdf

Overlap in Key Disruptive Thematic Spaces

https://www.globalxetfs.com/content/files/Charting-Disruption-2025-Introduction-Final.pdf

Total Industry Retail Revenue ($ Billions)

https://www.ces.tech/media/io4h5yx1/ces-2025_unveiled-vegas-trends-deck.pdf

Price-to-book ratio for the S&P 500 at record-high levels

https://www.apolloacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/010624-Chart.pdf

The application layer of AI is booming

https://kioskindustry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Fintech-2025-document.pdf

LAB (Large-scale Alignment for ChatBots) Method

https://dach.tdsynnex.com/blog/de/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/Jingle-Ai-the-way-InstructLab-and-Granite.pdf

Exploring India's dynamic Start-up Ecosystem

https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmgsites/in/pdf/2024/12/exploring-indias-dynamic-start-up-ecosystem.pdf

There were 42 gaming exits over the last decade with ~45% of exits happening in COVID years (2020-2021).

https://investgame.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GDEV-x-InvestGame-Feature-7.pdf

First-Time Gaming Startup Exits Over The Last Decade

https://investgame.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GDEV-x-InvestGame-Feature-7.pdf

Key Themes for 2025

https://foundersib.com/core/uploads/2024/12/FA-SaaS-Newsletter-December-2024.pdf

S&P 500: High concentration continues to be a major problem

https://www.apolloacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/122624_Chart.pdf

Median Multiple Trading at 4.9x EV/NTM Revenue Versus Long-Term Average of 4.7x

https://media-cdn.kroll.com/jssmedia/kroll-images/pdfs/global-software-sector-update-fall-2024-executive-summary.pdf

The Rule of 40 (R40) in 2024

https://translinkcf.dk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Translink-CF-SaaS-Index-Valuation-Index-Q3-FY20245.pdf

2025 Game Changers

https://www.cbinsights.com/reports/CB-Insights_Game-Changers-2025.pdf

Venture Studio Models

http://www.lawrenceevans.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Healthcare-Venture-Studio-Industry-Report-December-2024.pdf

Game development budgets are growing faster than game revenues

https://web-assets.bcg.com/7e/5e/d8f897b843ea89ff918901cd50b4/the-gaming-report-leveling-up-for-the-new-reality-december-2024.pdf

AI is also enabling earlier disease detection

https://www.hkdca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2025-tech-trends-cbinsights.pdf

Future of sales deal life cycle, powered by PredAI + GenAI

https://media-publications.bcg.com/BCG-Executive-Perspectives-AI-and-GenAI-in-Customer-Engagement-EP8-4Dec2024.pdf

The Future of Data Management with AI

https://media-publications.bcg.com/BCG-Executive-Perspectives-Future-of-Data-Management-with-AI-EP9-10Dec2024.pdf

AI is anticipated to have the largest impact on data analytics and data management workflows

https://media-publications.bcg.com/BCG-Executive-Perspectives-Future-of-Data-Management-with-AI-EP9-10Dec2024.pdf

As it has been, Data is king.

https://kalaari.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Building-Scaling-AI-First-SaaS-Tools-.pdf

four use case archetypes evolving for GenAI in SCM

https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6556f6687a71ff6674c834c4/667a5f1761c9ab85dc313c13_McKinsey_Knut%20Alicke.pdf

Artificial intelligence is influencing the economy

https://download.dws.com/download?elib-assetguid=1570c8beffac4baf9eecf31937028885

Top Cities in AI Startup Industry

https://hkifoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/winners-ai-startup-industry-2024.pdf

The Magnificent Seven are approaching $50 billion in combined capital spending

https://apolloacademy.com/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=89529

AI-fueled a strong bear market rebound, but the bull is average

https://www.bny.com/content/dam/im/documents/manual/market-insights/ai_equity_impact.pdf

The Rise of AI Robots

https://ir.citi.com/gps/H558-XNr_iTlGa7Qq7H9AYb5ZT2W851WZdFgPNEDsBtSeTgp7JcaTdS_uBfLVLpwfMQYeB5O5TwV9YcIDGuGOMjE2luzQprf

Conversational capability in sales

https://media-publications.bcg.com/BCG-Executive-Perspectives-AI-and-GenAI-in-Customer-Engagement-EP8-4Dec2024.pdf

A history of US antitrust regulation

https://www.goldmansachs.com/pdfs/insights/pages/top-of-mind/market-concentration-how-big-a-worry/report.pdf

A New AI Generation Is Taking Off

https://www.svb.com/globalassets/trendsandinsights/reports/healthcare/2024/the-future-of-healthtech-report-2024.pdf

Estimated training costs of selected AI models

https://www.apolloacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/120524_GlobalIndustrialRenaissance.pdf

founder-led sales are most prevalent in companies with lower revenue and smaller initial sale prices

https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6359d12df3c8a494db42e037/67377918fc3243d7bfc14c74_LSVP%202024%20Sales%20Trends%20Report.pdf

How much does it cost to train an LLM

https://nordu.net/ndn2024/static/presentations/ndn2024/11th/plenary/1-AI-as-the-next-gen-Bob-NDN2024.pdf

combining the right model selection criteria with the required platform capabilities is critical to scaling AI efforts

https://media-publications.bcg.com/BCG-Executive-Perspectives-GenAI-in-Data-and-Digital-Platforms-EP6-14Nov2024.pdf

Crop Classification in Python

https://unstats.un.org/bigdata/events/2025/ai-data-science/webinar1/presentations/Abel%20-%20EO%20and%20ML%20for%20estimating%20agricultural%20activity.pdf

Semiconductor Total Market

https://www.gsaglobal.org/events/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/sp-1v1-mario-morales-idc-gsa-presentation-october-30th-2024.pdf

SLMs Address Key GenAI Challenges

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bizzabo.file.upload/vDdMwMaFRQenUMuaoan3_Sep12BTamersoyRMiclaus.pdf

Pros and Cons of Language Model Size

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bizzabo.file.upload/vDdMwMaFRQenUMuaoan3_Sep12BTamersoyRMiclaus.pdfp

Future of Energy Efficient Compute

https://www.semi.org/sites/semi.org/files/2024-11/05_Future%20of%20Energy%20Efficient%20Compute.pdf

Managed LLMs, frameworks, and data services have emerged as new GenAI stack layers as the tech evolves and deepens

https://hkifoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/indias-generative-ai-startup-landscape-nassscom.pdf

Good vs. Great SaaS Metrics

https://www.cfodesk.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-SaaS-Benchmarks-Report-by-High-Alpha.pdf

Cyclically adjusted price earnings ratio at near-record-high levels

https://www.apolloacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/112424_Chart_v2.pdf

Semiconductor market will be $1.3 trillion in 2030 and $2.4 trillion in 2035

https://www.semi.org/sites/semi.org/files/2024-11/MS-SEMIWEB11.2024.pdf

Generative AI market size and share, 2020-2030 (in US$ billion)

https://agatadata.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AI_Trends-2024-Statista.pdf