Chip startup Astera Labs is targeting a valuation of up to $4.5 billion in an initial public offering, riding a wave of interest from investors for...
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We sat down recently with Battery Ventures general partner Dharmesh Thakker to talk about the AI technologies he’s most excited about, and where he...
After last week saw 10 rounds of $100 million or more, investors followed up with another strong week that saw more than a half-dozen startups raise...
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Amid a period of widespread construction labor shortages and rising building costs, investors have poured hundreds of millions into startups at the...
Although most startup chipmakers have not seen much love from investors so far this year, Recogni, which is developing its AI inference chip for both...
Eleven companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in January 2024 — the first double-digit monthly count in more than a year.
Global startup funding for the first month of the year reached close to $22 billion — slightly below the monthly average for 2023 — according to an...
The insatiable appetite for everything AI hasn’t exactly extended to the semiconductor startup world, which so far this year has seen scant activity.
Dealmaking involving venture-backed startups hit an eight-year low last year, as strategic and private equity buyers decided to keep their cash...
Google seems intent on slowly working its way up the list of big tech companies investing heavily in the next AI tools and models.
At least 20 global companies made debuts on the Nasdaq and NYSE in 2021 at initial valuations above $10 billion. Since then, some buzzy names have...
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