The Most Important Tech Trends Of 2018, According To Top VCs

For this roundup, we talked to investors at eight leading firms that invest in a wide range of tech-related areas. Rather, the VCs told us that they're most interested in maturing, relatively safe investment areas. Here are their thoughts on the most exciting areas likely to get their dollars this year. The Human Side Of Algorithms "There's not a day or week that we don't receive pitches with an AI component," Barna says. "The thing we're interested in at First Round is, what's the flip side? What are the investment opportunities in human impact?…Not She points to personal-shopping service Stitch Fix, which uses AI to help stylists make more effective fashion suggestions for customers. Community-Based Businesses "It's pretty clear that people are dealing with the effects of digital overload," Barna says. "Too much screen time, and we're feeling disconnected because of it.