New Delhi, May 16 -- The World Economic Forum has highlighted that Artificial Intelligence is not just another venture sector but a force rewriting how companies are built, scaled and financed.

With AI-native firms reaching $100 million in annual recurring revenue in under a year and five companies alone absorbing 20 per cent of global VC funding in 2025, the WEF report warns that traditional SaaS valuation frameworks and liquidity mechanisms are becoming obsolete. The industry must adapt its capital structures, regulatory frameworks and talent ecosystems to support a new era of capital-efficient, infrastructure-heavy growth.

The VC model of the last three decades was built around software sold to human users, with the addressable marke...