Right Off The Batch: 50% Of YC W24 Is Built With AI. Who Got Funded?
Every cohort of Y Combinator startups “graduates” to great fanfare when the accelerator holds its closely watched demo days. But what happens next? Using Crunchbase data, we se
Six Companies Joined The Unicorn Board In May, With xAI Alone Adding $24B In Value
A total of six companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in May, down from 10 new unicorns in April and eight in May 2023. AI and Web3 companies each counted two, and five of t
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Massive Rounds By Cruise And AlphaSense Lead Way
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals
Early AI Funding May Be Showing Some Cracks
While funding to AI-related startups remains strong, with nearly $30 billion raised so far this year alone, there are indicators that some of the earliest-stage investors are getti
Eye On AI: Legal Tech Funding Getting AI Upgrade
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. Late last week it was reported artificial intelligence startup Harvey was looking at raisin
Radiopharmaceuticals Are A Buzzy Area For Deal-Making
When reporting on startup investment, big funding rounds and M&A deals for pharmaceutical companies are pretty common. Rarely, however, does the top search result for their are
Space Tech Startup Lands $95M For Satellite Buses
Space manufacturing company Apex locked up a $95 million Series B led by XYZ Venture Capital and CRV to ramp up its production of satellite buses. The Los Angeles-based space tech
Microsoft, Nvidia Lead In Investing In AI Startups, But Others Close Behind
Just last week it was reported chip giant Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures 1 and Cisco all participated in a $450 million investment for Toronto-based AI startup Cohere. That same day,
Mistral AI Lands Huge $640M Round; AlphaSense Hits $4B Valuation After $650M Raise
Another busy day when it comes to big raises in the world of AI. Paris-based Mistral AI finally secured its much talked about round that values the OpenAI and Anthropic competitor
Edtech Funding Has Not Hit Bottom
Education is not a hot area for venture investors lately. So far in 2024, startups in the space have pulled in just over $1 billion in total funding, 1 per Crunchbase data. Conseq
