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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 area for returns. It’s a widespread trend affecting areas including fashion, consumer electronics and...
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Perhaps venture investors wanted to get their term sheets squared away in advance of the holiday season. Or maybe AI, despite all the bubble talk, is...
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A startup founded by former Nvidia researchers that’s “building the brain for humanoid and human-capable robots,” Flexion has raised $50 million in...
Transportation has been an underrepresented sector for venture investors in recent quarters, as money increasingly concentrates in hotter niches such...
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...
AI-related healthcare is one of the spaces that have seen a significant rise in funding globally, Crunchbase data shows. Overall funding to the space...
Austin, Texas-based Infravision, which says its “flexible and automated approach” eliminates many of the contingencies and hazards inherent in...
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...
While humanoid robots startups have drawn headlines in recent months for big funding deals and flashy prototypes, an array of companies working on...
In another active week for large startup financings, an AI data center developer reported $1.38 billion in fresh financing, and several other...
AI’s ability to pass professional exams and help with complex market analysis shows a startling ability for the technology to understand and even...
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