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A public SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic would become some of the best-capitalized acquirers on the planet, writes MGV's Marc Schröder, who explains that the bigger impact for startups is likely to be stronger M&A activity, with acquisitions rather...
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With a strong focus on logistics, payroll, construction and other sectors, San Francisco-based Base10 Partners has raised two funds totaling $850...
Not only is a round of $100 million not remarkably large anymore, it’s not even atypical.
Over 127,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2025, per a Crunchbase News tally, and the layoffs have continued...
The semiconductor startup space continues to sizzle. So far in 2026, investors have poured around $10 billion into seed through pre-IPO rounds for...
Although defense-side legal AI remains underdeveloped despite a large market opportunity, writes guest author Patrick Ip, investors are increasingly...
A grab bag of funded startups caught our attention this past month, from a previously bootstrapped custom metal manufacturer that got its first...
All-in-one software ecosystem provider Scotch is a Denver-based AI-native operating system designed specifically for liquor store owners.
All told, global venture funding reached $92 billion in May, marking the second-largest monthly total on record, just behind February, Crunchbase...
Already this year, more than $14.6 billion in venture investment has gone into companies in Crunchbase’s military, national security and law...
Reports of “SaaS being dead” are misguided, writes guest author Bob Morse, who contends that AI will enable software companies to move beyond selling...
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