In the first half of this year, 58 venture-backed companies joined the public listings at $1 billion or above, per Crunchbase data. With the year’s end now in sight, a small window remains for other startups to launch 2026 IPOs, so we took a look at...
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Most of this week’s largest funding recipients were AI-focused startups, with Instinct, a developer of AI assistants, pulling in the biggest round.
Startups raised funding rounds with a lot of zeroes at the end this week, with three companies securing financings of $1 billion or more...
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Tapestry VC has closed an $80 million third fund to double down on Europe’s repeat founders and expects the coming wave of AI exits to produce yet...
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Globally, robotics startups have so far raised $18.8 billion in 2026, compared to $15 billion in the full year of 2025. The figure also handily...
In the decade-plus since Playground Global's founding, it has built its investment thesis around the idea that breakthroughs in science and...
A total of 29 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in May, but the standout trend was not new AI models, but rather the businesses helping...
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Just through mid-May, China-based robotics companies have already raised $5.6 billion across 176 deals this year, Crunchbase data shows, a sum...
Most of the interesting companies that caught our eye in the past month are working on problems in the physical world, often far from the glow of a...
Xpanner, a startup automating construction work by retrofitting construction equipment with robotics and physical AI technology, has raised $18...
Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has raised $5 billion at a $61 billion valuation — double its previous valuation — as defense-tech startups...
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