A total of 20 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in October, adding $44.5 billion in value. This was the highest valuation amount added to...
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According to a report in The New York Times, Jeff Bezos will serve as co-CEO of a new artificial intelligence startup, Project Prometheus, which is...
For this month’s edition of 5 Interesting Startup Deals, all the funded companies that caught our eye were hardware-centric, from a medical device...
The Crunchbase Unicorn Board crested $6 trillion in total value for the first time in August 2025, adding another half-trillion-plus in value, an...
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In 2021 the market hit a cyclical peak under conditions that in many ways look a lot like those we’re seeing today. While there are many differences...
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For thousands of early-stage companies working on AI, biotech, climate tech and more, the U.S. government shutdown is an existential crisis. It...
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While Europe may lag overall in the race for global AI dominance, the region has produced some strong contenders. The most heavily funded and...
We used Crunchbase’s predictive intelligence tools to curate a list of 14 venture-backed companies in sectors ranging from AI to fintech to consumer...
Hoping to be the first company to commercialize fusion power, Commonwealth Fusion Systems led the pack by a long shot for funding this week, pulling...
A handful of coastal metros, led by the San Francisco Bay Area, have long swallowed up the lion’s share of venture funding, and while the latest data...
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In addition to the big names in generative AI — OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI — unicorns developing industry-specific AI applications in areas such as...
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