After several years of market volatility, layoffs, rising interest rates, and tighter venture capital markets, the U.S. startup ecosystem is entering a new phase. The era of growth-at-all-costs is giving way to something far more disciplined: capital efficiency, sustainable business models, and technologies capable of solving real-world problems at scale.
While venture funding remains below the record-breaking peaks of 2021, investment activity has begun to stabilize. Investors are once again wr
