VC predicts shift from SaaS to sci-fi bets: animal language, asteroid mining, BCI
kleffew94 · x · 2026-10-04
Investor AlanaDLevin predicts venture dollars will increasingly flow to far-out sci-fi ideas: understanding animal language, asteroid mining, deep-ocean exploration, time travel, teleportation (for packages before people), and anything brain-computer interface related. Her verdict: "SaaS era is over, SciFi era is in" — a signal that VCs are warming to deep-tech bets that once looked impossible.
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