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      <title>Google's $75M stake in A24 follows a 50% funding increase in AI content creation startups</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/googles-75m-stake-in-a24-follows-a-50-funding-increase-in-ai-content-creation-startups</link>
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      <description>AI is going indie.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:40:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Map: The Cursor backers new to Elon Musk's orbit—and those who can't get enough</title>
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      <description>A small club of VCs, including Andreessen Horowitz, backed SpaceX, xAI and Cursor, furthering ties to the "Muskonomy."</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:50:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>With its $60B Cursor deal, SpaceX tries to spend its way into AI race</title>
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      <description>Days after its record IPO, SpaceX is making history again with one of the largest acquisitions of a VC-backed company ever as it tries to catch up with rivals.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SpaceX’s historic IPO opens the door for OpenAI and Anthropic’s mega-listings</title>
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      <description>After its historic first day of trading that saw a 19% pop, SpaceX’s successful IPO signals positive launch conditions for AI mega IPO candidates OpenAI and Anthropic.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:58:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>OpenAI and Anthropic have officially started the IPO race</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/openai-and-anthropic-have-officially-started-the-ipo-race</link>
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      <description>Both companies have now disclosed that they recently submitted draft S-1 documents to regulators.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:49:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Consumer AI’s biggest seed bets are its worst</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/consumer-ai-seed-worst-performing</link>
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      <description>A third of the dollars invested in consumer AI seed startups go to companies that fail, according to a new PitchBook analysis.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>40% of executives thought AI could save up to 20%. It didn't deliver.</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/40-of-executives-thought-ai-could-save-up-to-20-it-didnt-deliver</link>
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      <description>The gap between AI spending and productivity gains "should be making executives uncomfortable," a Bain report found.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:21:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cybersecurity's AI startups are getting outsized attention—and VC dollars</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/cybersecuritys-ai-startups-are-getting-outsized-attention-and-vc-dollars</link>
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      <description>Early-stage AI-native cybersecurity startups outraised late-stage companies for the first time since 2022.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 22:45:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Anthropic bests OpenAI in valuation race, hitting $965B with Series H</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/anthropic-bests-openai-in-valuation-race-hitting-965b-with-series-h</link>
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      <description>The two competitors have been duking it out over the past few months, seesawing in the race to become the most valuable AI company.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:53:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>OpenAI and Anthropic's next test is a balancing act</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/openai-and-anthropics-next-test-is-a-balancing-act</link>
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      <description>The companies will have plenty of runway to juggle profits and public benefits ahead of their IPOs</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 21:46:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>'Financials look reckless': Lifting the xAI hood in the SpaceX IPO</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/financials-look-reckless-lifting-the-xai-hood-in-the-spacex-ipo</link>
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      <description>The Grok-maker's losses are accelerating as SpaceX's IPO pulls back the curtain for the first time on the financials of a large AI model company.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mega-seed rounds make headlines—and potentially hurt startups</title>
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      <description>A handful of AI startups are raising nine- and 10-figure seed rounds. Early-stage VCs say that's a problem, not a playbook.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 22:30:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>3 charts to catch up on the OpenAI-Anthropic rivalry</title>
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      <description>For the first time, Anthropic is reportedly worth more than its chief rival, OpenAI.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 21:55:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cerebras' blockbuster public listing sets stage for AI IPO frenzy</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/cerebras-blockbuster-public-listing-sets-stage-for-ai-ipo-frenzy</link>
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      <description>The chipmaker priced well above its initial range at $185, and opened trading at an eye-popping $350.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 20:54:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Q1 2026 AI funding blows past 2025 total with three deals accounting for 67% of capital</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/q1-2026-ai-funding-blows-past-2025-total-with-three-deals-accounting-for-67-of-capital</link>
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      <description>The usual suspects—Anthropic, xAI and OpenAI—accounted for $172 billion raised.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:50:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The AI race to IPO passes through PE portfolios</title>
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      <description>Both Anthropic and OpenAI are betting big on a fast track to greater enterprise adoption.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:01:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The wheels could be coming off the circular computing deal train</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-wheels-could-be-coming-off-the-circular-computing-deal-train</link>
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      <description>OpenAI's missed targets could test tech giant's generous investments in AI labs that come with added expectations.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:39:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-wheels-could-be-coming-off-the-circular-computing-deal-train</guid>
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      <title>OpenAI loosens Microsoft's grip ahead of IPO push</title>
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      <description>OpenAI is gradually shedding one of its key early partners as it looks to its next big thing: going public.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:10:12 GMT</pubDate>
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