The standard four-year founder vesting schedule can leave departed founders with large equity stakes, complicating financing and control, and...
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It was a monster week for U.S. startup funding, with four companies each raising $1 billion or more. The Boring Co. led with a $3 billion Series D...
Iman Abuzeid left clinical medicine to tackle healthcare problems at scale, co-founding Incredible Health, a hiring platform that reverses...
Guest author Alberto Onetti, chairman of Mind the Bridge, shares how South Korea’s rise to the world’s eighth-largest national innovation ecosystem...
A total of 29 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in August, adding around $63 billion in value to the board. More than a third of the...
In an interview with Crunchbase News, Sean Jacobsohn, a partner at venture firm Norwest, discusses where he still sees openings in the crowded market...
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Paris-based generative AI startup Mistral AI said Tuesday that it has nearly doubled its valuation to more than $24 billion with a Samsung...
AI infrastructure dominated the largest venture rounds this week, with two multibillion-dollar deals in the sector taking the top spots. Data center...
After nearly two decades working as a lawyer at companies such as Amazon, Cruise, Replit and Anki, Cecilia Ziniti teamed up with engineer Bardia...
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Venture investors poured $42 billion into just over 1,500 startups worldwide in August, Crunchbase data shows, down 25% from July’s $56 billion but...
![Image of a robotic, AI-powered arm holding a drill, to illustrate automated construction or manufacturing. [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/AI-manufacturing-470x352.jpg)
Lyte, a physical AI startup building sensing and perception technology for robots, has raised a Maverick Silicon-led $165 million Series C funding at...
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