CB Insights, a major purveyor of investment and startup data, has released its latest update on the state of venture capital. For Q3 2024, both the volume of deals and total funding fell from Q2 2024, and both are down substantially from Q3 2024. Unsurprisingly, the MNO market does not crack any of the various top-ten views, but AI hype is still propelling billions of dollars of investments. The findings are useful context for this industry. The quarterly results show a continuation of the post-covid trend, where fewer rounds prop up a fairly stable total pool of investments. The heights of 2021 look like they shall not be soon repeated, and given the inflationary macroeconomic context, this would be a…