SoftBank May Invest Up To $25B Into OpenAI — Report
Just about a week after the White House announced its new AI Stargate Project, two of the venture’s biggest names may become even closer partners. SoftBank reportedly is looking
GenAI’s Trough Of Disillusionment: Why 2025 Will Mark A Turning Point
By Eric Sydell AI is the most disruptive technology in history, as it is supplanting human expertise and will — slowly and then quickly — diminish human control. There are pl
Far Fewer Seed-Stage Startups Are Graduating To Series A — Raising The Risk Of Failure
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series looking at the evolution of seed funding since the 2021 market peak. Part 1 looked at the increase in larger seed rounds si
Weapons Startup Castelion Strikes $100M Series A
Castelion, a defense manufacturer developing long-range hypersonic strike weapons, raised a $100 million Series A in a mix of debt and equity. The El Segundo, California-based star
Startup Advice Has A ‘Lowest Common Denominator’ Problem
An uncomfortable truth for startup founders is that the majority of their peers will fail. Real success stories, the household names that produce multibillion-dollar outcomes, are
From The Philippines To Argentina, These Four Countries Saw Startup Funding Rise
Although global venture funding rose overall in 2024, it wasn’t a particularly strong year for emerging economies. Gains largely came from AI megadeals for companies in Silicon V
Fusion Startup Helion Powers Up With $425M Series F
Fusion startup Helion Energy locked up a $425 million Series F — valuing the company at $5.4 billion — as the company looks to commercialize its fusion technology. The round in
How A Problem-First Mindset Can Help Your Startup Defy The Odds Of Failure
By Roman Eloshvili The startup landscape is constantly booming: At the end of 2024, the total number of startups worldwide was recorded at more than 150 million. But it’s not a
Excitement Builds Around Web3 And Crypto, But VC Dollars Don’t Follow
Editor’s note: For more Web3 coverage, visit Crunchbase’s Web3 Tracker, where we track startups, investors and funding news in the Web3, cryptocurrency and blockchain space, po
Will DeepSeek Burst VC’s AI Bubble?
For many investors in artificial intelligence, the week started with a jolt as a Chinese AI app sent tech stocks plummeting and likely left many privately held startups shaking. De
