I'm hopeful that the AI bubble popping would bring back money flowing to other industries. If you're not an AI company right now it takes a lot to get investor cash flowing in.
I have a buddy who has been an entrepeneur all his life. He renamed his first company to Name-Dot-Com just before the Dot-Com Crash; a short jump in investment followed by a period where he couldn't get his calls returned, and he was forced to sell.
So my point is: "angel investors" in startups seem to be a really "ADHD", shiny-distraction-oriented bunch. And that has a huge impact for smaller companies.
