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So far this year, global startups have secured at least 114 Series A rounds of $100 million or more, per ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï data. That’s the highest annual total in years and on track to top the all-time peak. We take a look at where the money is going.
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Baselayer, an AI-powered startup that helps financial institutions verify businesses and assess fraud risk, has raised a $35 million M13-led Series A...
In an interview with ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï News, Van Espahbodi, general parter at Generational Partners, discusses how AI is changing hardware economics, why...
After a week of multiple billion-dollar-plus rounds, startup investors have reduced the number of zeroes on their funding checks. This past week, the...
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Newly launched Skalar provides startups with capital to fund sales and marketing initiatives in a fairly straightforward, though somewhat unusual...
From putting nuclear reactors on barges to grading how well AI models can control robots, this month’s crop of interesting startup deals takes AI and...
Over 127,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2025, per a ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï News tally, and the layoffs have continued...
AI startups are reaching massive valuations and liquidity events so quickly that young founders and employees often acquire life-changing wealth...
Startups across sales, marketing and customer management have raised $7.5 billion so far this year, according to ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï data. The largest rounds...
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