{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Observation",
  "id": "ai-travel-vc-funding-share",
  "label": "Share of travel venture funding going to AI-enabled startups",
  "question": "Where is travel technology investment going?",
  "answer": "45% of travel venture capital funding went to AI-enabled startups in the first half of 2025, up from about 10% in 2023.",
  "value": 45,
  "display": "45%",
  "unit": "percent",
  "evidence_type": "analysis",
  "period": "First half of 2025",
  "period_iso": "2025",
  "year_on_year_pct": null,
  "comparison": {
    "label": "2023",
    "display": "10%",
    "value": 10
  },
  "geography": "Global",
  "topics": [
    "economics",
    "airlines-distribution"
  ],
  "sample": "Skift venture capital tracking of travel-industry funding",
  "methodology": "Skift venture capital tracking, reported in Remapping travel with agentic AI (McKinsey with Skift, September 2025). Share of disclosed travel-industry venture funding.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "verified_against_primary": true,
  "source": {
    "id": "mckinsey",
    "name": "McKinsey & Company",
    "type": "consultancy",
    "url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/travel/our-insights/remapping-travel-with-agentic-ai",
    "homepage": "https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/travel/how-we-help-clients"
  },
  "located_via": null,
  "last_checked": "2026-10-02",
  "page_url": "https://travel.rankwit.ai/data/ai-travel-vc-funding-share"
}