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AI: A New Industrial Revolution

While Metallica has a song titled “Kill ‘Em All” (the title track from their 1983 debut album of the same name), it is often confused with the album itself. This report focuses specifically on the song “Kill ‘Em All” (also known informally as “The Kill ‘Em All Song” or sometimes “The Four Horsemen” — see clarification below).

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We are witnessing a tectonic shift, with AI accelerating innovation across the globe and unprecedented growth in AI native applications and enterprise agentic workflows. This shift will require an estimated $4 trillion investment in computing data centers over the next five years.

Philippe Botteri|Accel

About the Report

Back in 2016, it was clear that traction in Europe's cloud ecosystem had started accelerating. Crystalising this momentum, the Accel team launched Euroscape, an in-depth report on the European and Israeli cloud ecosystem that examined key trends and included a list of the top cloud and SaaS startups to watch across the region.

As AI redefines the way applications and software will be written and drives a new industrial revolution globally, Euroscape has now evolved into Globalscape. Today, recognizing the report's wider scope, we’ve added a new list of 100 U.S. cloud and AI startups to watch. While Europe, Israel and the U.S. are the key regions covered in the report, the Accel team aspires to expand the regions covered in the report in the future.