With record investment to AI companies hungry for faster, cheaper, and more energy-efficient processing power, it's no surprise that U.S. semiconductor startup funding charted record highs in 2025.
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Perennial megaround raiser Databricks was the top funding recipient by far this week, securing a fresh $4 billion in Series L funding (yes, that is a...
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...
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...
A total of 26 companies joined the The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in September, the largest new monthly cohort in three years, Crunchbase data shows...
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Asia’s startup funding rose sequentially in the third quarter, boosted by a handful of hardtech-focused megarounds that led to a 20% increase from...
Just days after raising $1.1 billion in funding, AI processor developer Cerebras Systems has filed to withdraw its hotly anticipated initial public...
This week was a fairly busy one for large financings, with eight of the top 10 exceeding the $100 million mark. Leading the way were two software...
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Chipmaker Nvidia announced on Monday that it is investing up to $100 billion in OpenAI, but the investment reportedly comes with conditions.
So far this year, chip designer and most highly valued U.S. public company Nvidia has made at least 42 investments in private companies, either...
In the age of AI, when software can be built (and copied) at lightning speed, hardware companies offer something far more durable: presence...
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