Startups

The median valuation of AI chip makers has grown 9x in two years, raising the bar for what makes a successful exit.

A ‘comically competitive’ environment is forcing investors to rethink their playbooks.

Freckle, a startup building an AI smartphone for kids, has sold thousands of units and is backed by Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six.

Corporate and government buyers are the missing piece for startups’ growth.

The country’s startups have raised a record €2.4B this year, but speakers at a tech event in Turin say a shortage of experienced operators and an aversion to not succeeding create roadblocks to scaling.

The PitchBook 100 ranks VC-backed companies by valuation alongside recent secondary pricing data.

Our global unicorn tracker allows you to see all the billion-dollar companies formed since 2016. Explore trends in unicorn formation by filtering for geography or date.

The GP at Serena Williams’ venture firm has spent a career converting celebrity capital into durable VC investments.

Investors argue that startups should stick to opportunities in the enterprise and infrastructure layers.

The data and AI company is one of the world’s strongest private companies, but unattractive at the current price.

A few startups are dominating legal tech funding as they seek a defense against frontier labs.

Ranking the top 10 government-backed AI startups by capital raised.

The chipmaker’s acquisition is the latest sign that AI’s exit path runs through corporate balance sheets, not Wall Street.

Global quantum computing is hitting records as chip deals retreat.

CEO Jensen Huang estimates that around 70% of all AI venture dollars are spent on compute.

The smart pet collar startup Fi has raised nearly $40 million, but its investors are clamoring to write new checks. So why is it shrugging them off?

A summer of outbreaks hasn’t convinced VCs to fund a faddish problem.

With its latest AI acquisition, Stripe is proving the fintech AI playbook is all about owning the infrastructure stack.