Eleven new companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in March, adding around $16 billion in value to the board. Another $200 billion in value was added via up rounds for companies already on the board, and March was a strong exit month for...
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Do we really need AI to touch everything? Because some things are better left untouched, guest author Aron Solomon argues against the precedent that...
Social media's age assurance has emerged as one of the most debated topics in trust and safety. In this guest commentary, Sacha Lazimi of Yubo shares...
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New York-based Runway raised $308 million in a new round at about double its valuation from less than two years ago. The new round was led by General...
If an artist’s work can be copied, modified and distributed by AI without consequence, we may have crossed an irrevocable line, argues Aron Solomon...
Elon Musk on Friday said his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, will buy X, the social-media platform he also owns, for $33 billion in an all...
A big week for big-money rounds. Seven startups locked up massive rounds of $100 million or more. That includes two cybersecurity firms and two...
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The past two weeks have brought a flurry of big-ticket M&A deals and IPO filings. The action culminated today with Google’s announcement of a planned...
The Stanford GSB Venture Capital Initiative team analyzed 2,791 founders behind 1,110 U.S.-based VC-backed unicorns to understand their professional...
Mobile gaming company Scopely announced it will acquire Pokémon Go maker Niantic’s games business in a deal valued at $3.5 billion.
General Catalyst recorded a double-digit number of deals last month, taking part in 15 and leading or co-leading a handful — its busiest month...
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