Skip to content Global Unicorn Count Tops 1,600, With 13 Additions In July
Thirteen companies spanning sectors from AI to energy and professional services joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in July, while five ...
Read more The New Shape Of AI Acquisitions
In late May, OpenAI quietly announced its $6.5 billion acquisition of Io, a little-known but highly technical company focused on ...
Read more Why More Startups Are Buying Other Startups In 2025
Despite a pickup in IPOs, startup exits and funding are still harder to come by than in years past. Add ...
Read more June Hits 3-Year High In Unicorn Births Across AI, Robotics And More
Twenty companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board last month — the highest number of companies to join in a single ...
Read more Startup M&A Crests Higher In First Half Of 2025
So far, this has been a pretty good year for startup acquisitions. Acquirers made just over $100 billion worth of ...
Read more Why Founders Should Skip VCs And Go Straight To LPs
By Hebron Sher For years, startup founders have treated venture capital like a rite of passage — raise a round, ...
Read more AI Talent Wars Heat Up As Cognition Scoops Up Windsurf After OpenAI Deal Falls Apart
In an unexpected turn of events, artificial intelligence startup Cognition announced this week that it is acquiring AI coding startup ...
Read more AI Spurs More Unicorn Acquisitions As Clio, Grammarly Make M&A Deals
This has been a busy week for unicorns making acquisitions. On July 1, Canada-based legal software company Clio revealed its ...
Read more Visualizing A Decade Of Private-Market Buildup
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series looking at how the venture and startup landscape has evolved over ...
Read more Automattic Scoops Up Relationship Management Startup Clay
Automattic, the publisher of WordPress, has acquired relationship management startup Clay for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced on Thursday. ...
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