MoneyLaunchPad

  Let’s be honest — AI feels like the biggest thing since the internet. Every day, there’s another headline about trillion-dollar investments, mind-bending breakthroughs, and “robots coming for your job.” It’s dazzling, dizzying — and maybe, just maybe — a little too good to be true. Because behind the hype, there’s a quiet question no one wants to ask out loud: What if the world’s biggest tech boom is also its next bubble? 🚀 The AI Boom by the Numbers First, the receipts. Private investment in generative AI hit US $33.9 billion in 2024 , an 18.7% jump year-over-year. ( Stanford HAI 2025 AI Index ) In the first half of 2025 , U.S. startups raised a staggering US $162.8 billion , up 75.6% from last year — mostly fuelled by AI bets. ( Reuters, 2025 ) The global AI market is worth US $391 billion this year and could explode to US $1.8 trillion by 2030 . ( FutureFacts, 2025 ) That’s not a tech trend — that’s a gold rush. Even better, 78% of companies now use AI in at least one b...