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AI-enabled toys are gaining traction this holiday season, but we are simultaneously seeing renewed interest in older technologies including analog toys and screen-free gadgets.
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While there’s no single explanation for the decline in investment to consumer-facing product startups, it doesn’t help that this has been a tough...
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...
The largest rounds this week went to AI and defense tech companies, amid a generally busy period for big financings, with coding automation platform...
The week’s largest funding rounds confirmed that we’re still very much in the AI era. This included the biggest deal, a $350 million Series C for AI...
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Live shopping platform and marketplace Whatnot has closed a $225 million Series F round, more than doubling its valuation to $11.5 billion in less...
Shares of StubHub rose slightly in first-day trading Wednesday, indicating moderate but not red-hot investor demand for the long-awaited debut.
Shares of Klarna opened about 30% higher in first-day trading, at $52, on Wednesday in the company’s long-awaited initial public offering, proving...
Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly the hottest area of tech today, with VC dollars flowing into startups in the space at unprecedented levels...
In this Crunchbase News Q&A, longtime global investor Jeremy Kranz shares his vision for his firm Sentinel Global, and observations about, among...
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