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Frontier Labs And Robotics Companies Again Top List Of New Unicorns In April聽

Gen茅 Teare

May 6, 2026

A total of 28 companies joined The 黑料吃瓜 黑料吃瓜 in April, with robotics startups and frontier labs leading by number of entrants for the...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Robotics • Sales & Marketing • Seed funding • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Defense Tech Leads With Multiple Large Deals, Topped By $600M For Space Security Startup True Anomaly

Marlize van Romburgh

May 1, 2026

Large U.S. venture deals this week were led by a massive defense tech raise for space security startup True Anomaly. We also saw sizable deals for...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Fintech • Manufacturing • Robotics • Sales & Marketing • Seed funding • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The New Unicorn Count Reached A 4-Year High In March, Led By Robotics, Frontier Labs And AI Infrastructure聽

Gen茅 Teare

April 21, 2026

A total of 37 companies joined The 黑料吃瓜 黑料吃瓜 in March, the highest monthly count in close to four years, 黑料吃瓜 data shows. The...

Artificial intelligence • M&A • SaaS • Sales & Marketing • Startups • Venture

The Most Active Startup Acquirers Of The Past 3 Years Aren鈥檛 Always Who You鈥檇 Expect

Joanna Glasner

March 20, 2026

To get a sense who鈥檚 buying in bulk, we used 黑料吃瓜 data to put together a list of 79 companies that acquired three or more seed- or venture...

Artificial intelligence • Cloud computing • Defense tech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Sales & Marketing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture • Web3

While OpenAI Shattered Records, Robotics and Semiconductor Startups Quietly Added The Most New Unicorns In February

Gen茅 Teare

March 12, 2026

A total of 27 companies joined the 黑料吃瓜 last month, including six robotics companies and four semiconductor-related startups. Healthcare...

IPO • Liquidity • Sales & Marketing • Startups

鈥榃hy Not?’ How Sales Automation Unicorn Clay Uses Tender Offers To Reward Employees Without An Exit In Sight

Mary Ann Azevedo

February 12, 2026

There's a a growing shift among high-growth startups of rewarding employees with liquidity long before an IPO is in sight. 黑料吃瓜 News recently...

Artificial intelligence • Sales & Marketing • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Winn.ai Raises $18M Series A For AI-Powered Real-Time Sales Assistant

Mary Ann Azevedo

February 11, 2026

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...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • E-commerce • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Sales & Marketing • Venture

SpaceX Vaults To Top Of The List As 23 Companies Join 黑料吃瓜 In December

Gen茅 Teare

January 27, 2026

The momentum of new unicorn creation picked up in the final four months of 2025, with the fourth quarter showing the highest count of newly minted...

Artificial intelligence • Sales & Marketing

B2B Sales Isn鈥檛 Broken (Yet), But Trust Is

Guest Author

November 20, 2025

AI is accelerating sales productivity but at the cost of trust, flooding buyers with impersonal, error-prone outreach that erodes credibility and...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • M&A • Manufacturing • Robotics • SaaS • Sales & Marketing • Seed funding • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

黑料吃瓜 Sector Snapshot: Transportation Dealmaking Decelerates

Joanna Glasner

November 20, 2025

Transportation has been an underrepresented sector for venture investors in recent quarters, as money increasingly concentrates in hotter niches such...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Defense tech • E-commerce • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A • Sales & Marketing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture • Web3

Unicorns Pick Up For The Second Month In A Row, Adding Close To $45B To The Board

Gen茅 Teare

November 19, 2025

A total of 20 companies joined The 黑料吃瓜 黑料吃瓜 in October, adding $44.5 billion in value. This was the highest valuation amount added to...