North America’s technology industry saw a drop of 82.81% in artificial intelligence deal activity during July 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Avichal Garg, Elad Gil, Jack Altman, Keith Rabois and Stripe’s $40m acquisition of Pulley, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 22 technology industry artificial intelligence deals worth $264.1m were announced for the region in July 2022, against the 12-month average of 128 deals.

Of all the deal types, venture financing saw most activity in July 2022 with 19 transactions, representing an 86.4% share for the region.

In second place was M&A with two deals, followed by private equity deals with one transactions, respectively capturing a 9.1% and 4.6% share of the overall artificial intelligence deal activity for the month.

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In terms of value of artificial intelligence deals, venture financing was the leading category in North America’s technology industry with $264.14m.

North America technology industry artificial intelligence deals in July 2022: Top deals

The top five technology artificial intelligence deals accounted for 63.6% of the overall value during July 2022.

The combined value of the top five technology artificial intelligence deals stood at $168m, against the overall value of $264.1m recorded for the month.

The top five technology industry artificial intelligence deals of July 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Avichal Garg, Elad Gil, Jack Altman, Keith Rabois and Stripe $40m venture financing deal with Pulley

2) The $40m venture financing of Arable Labs by Ajax Strategies, Galvanize Climate Solutions, Grupo Jacto, iSelect, M2O, Middleland Capital, Prelude Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures and S2G Ventures

3) Centana Growth Partners $33m venture financing deal with Zesty.ai

4) The $30m venture financing of AssemblyAI by Accel,Insight Partners and Y Combinator

5) Softbank Ventures Korea $25m venture financing deal with Aquabyte