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Silicon Valley’s new buyout playbook is hitting Wall Street

CNBC · Jun 8, 2026, 6:01 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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  • Venture capital is buying its way into the artificial intelligence transformation that enterprise software hasn't delivered.
  • The bet puts VCs on offense and leaves traditional private equity, which spent the last cycle buying enterprise software at peak prices, on defense.

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Venture capital is buying its way into the artificial intelligence transformation that enterprise software hasn't delivered. Instead of selling AI tools to companies, venture firms are buying legacy companies outright and rebuilding them around AI from the inside.

The bet puts VCs on offense and leaves traditional private equity, which spent the last cycle buying enterprise software at peak prices, on defense.

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