Overall, there were six states that captured 2% or more of U.S. venture funding last year, per Crunchbase data. That’s a small group, but it’s not too atypical, as a few hubs reliably attract virtually all the capital. We share what we found.
Startups
This week featured a lot of funding deals with a lot of zeroes on the end. Generative AI powerhouse Anthropic, of course, boasted the most zeroes...
A total of 31 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in January, the largest count of companies to join in a single month since June 2022...
Generative AI company Anthropic announced Thursday that it raised $30 billion in a round that values it at $380 billion post-money. The financing...
Startup investors are increasingly turning to nuclear fusion and fission startups to supply our power-hungry era, and they’re not afraid to write big...
![Illustration of a hand depositing a coin in a bot. AI funding [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Generic-ai-funding-470x352.jpg)
Now that AI infrastructure is absorbing hundreds of billions in annual spend, writes guest author and strategic adviser Itay Sagie, investors are no...
There's a a growing shift among high-growth startups of rewarding employees with liquidity long before an IPO is in sight. Crunchbase News recently...
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...
![Illustration of AI/Human teamwork. [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/AI-cowork-470x352.jpg)
After receiving “substantial inbound investor interest,” AI-powered robotics company Apptronik says it raised $520 million in an extension of its...
Well-known firms topped the ranks of active investors in January, including a few that were best known as prolific dealmakers during the last market...
![Illustration of "clicking" on an AI brain {Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/AI_Brain-470x352.jpg)
Tel Aviv's Winn.AI, builder of an artificial intelligence-powered sales assistant, has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round, the company...
![Illustration of a guy watering plants with a blocked hose - Global [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/quarterly-global-3-300x168.jpg)
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