In the highly competitive landscape of artificial intelligence startups, venture capitalists are adopting a novel double-valuation strategy to create the illusion of market dominance in a single funding round. For example, in Aaru's Series A funding, lead investor Red Dot Capital invested most of the funds at a $450 million valuation and a smaller portion at a $1 billion valuation, while other VCs participated at even higher valuations. This allows startups to claim "unicorn" status even if the lead investors' average valuation is lower. Some investors criticize this practice as akin to creating a bubble, warning that if future valuations do not exceed the initial valuation, there could be punitive downward adjustments.