Global venture funding in August fell to the lowest monthly amount since 2017, Crunchbase data shows. Startup funding last month totaled $17 billion...
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It’s been observed that every technological era both destroys existing jobs and creates new ones, a trend we’ve witnessed in recent startup cycles...
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With the new funding, San Francisco-based Anthropic becomes the fourth-most valuable private company in the world and remains the second-most highly...
We used Crunchbase’s predictive intelligence tools to curate a list of 14 venture-backed companies in sectors ranging from AI to fintech to consumer...
Hoping to be the first company to commercialize fusion power, Commonwealth Fusion Systems led the pack by a long shot for funding this week, pulling...
For a topic that people mostly avoid bringing up in casual conversation, incontinence represents a huge addressable market. And startup founders and...
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Website design platform Framer gained unicorn status with its Meritech Capital Partners- and Atomico-led $100 million Series D that values it at $2...
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FriendliAI, an AI inference platform startup that provides “last mile” artificial intelligence engagement, has raised $20 million in a seed extension...
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Gusto, an HR tech company valued at nearly $10 billion, has agreed to acquire Guideline, a startup that provides retirement plans to small and medium...
AI was yet again an inescapable theme this month as we looked for interesting startups that landed fresh investment. From a company using AI to help...
In this Crunchbase News Q&A, longtime global investor Jeremy Kranz shares his vision for his firm Sentinel Global, and observations about, among...
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