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Semiconductor Giants Are Busy Backing Startups This Year

Joanna Glasner

August 17, 2026

Massive AI spending has helped push earnings and valuations for semiconductor industry leaders to record levels, prompting the sector's giants to...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Crypto • Defense tech • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Public Markets • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Travel & tourism • Venture

40 Companies Joined The Unicorn Board In July, The Highest Count In 4 Years 

Gené Teare

August 14, 2026

The sectors leading the herd to the Unicorn Board in July, by count, were financial services, robotics, AI orchestration, multimodal AI, energy and...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Venture

Global New Unicorn Counts In The First Half Of 2026 Have Already Surpassed 2025’s Totals

Gené Teare

August 10, 2026

A total 195 companies joined The СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Unicorn Board in the first half of 2026 — far surpassing counts seen since the second half of 2022...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • M&A • Public Markets • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

A Record 13 Billion-Dollar Rounds In July Pushed Venture’s Historic Run Higher

Gené Teare

August 4, 2026

Global venture funding showed no signs of slowing in July. Startup capital totaled $55 billion, up 69% year over year, as the month notched the...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Physical AI Startup Atoms Leads In Varied Week For Large Deals

Joanna Glasner

July 24, 2026

Startup investors poured capital into a varied lineup of large rounds this week, targeting sectors including physical AI, biotech, cybersecurity, AI...

Crypto • Defense tech • E-commerce • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Real estate & property tech • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Led By DeepSeek, 10 Frontier Labs Rush Onto The СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Unicorn Board In June

Gené Teare

July 22, 2026

A total of 34 companies joined The СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Unicorn Board in June, altogether adding more than $110 billion in value, with 10 of those companies AI...

Artificial intelligence • Liquidity • Public Markets • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Sales & Marketing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Corporate Venture Capital Is Splitting In Two

Guest Author

July 15, 2026

The wind-downs at PayPal and Fidelity International may look like a retreat, but the data points to a concentration of power at the top of the market...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • M&A • Public Markets • Regional • Robotics • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Europe Posted Its Strongest Venture Funding Quarter In 4 Years As UK Gains, M&A Holds Up

Gené Teare

July 9, 2026

In Q2, Europe posted its strongest quarter in four years for venture funding, СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ data shows. All told, Europe-based startups raised $24...

Artificial intelligence • IPO • Liquidity • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

GV’s Dave Munichiello On Qualcomm’s Modular Purchase, The Firm’s 10x Return And The Shift In AI Software

Mary Ann Azevedo

June 30, 2026

The artificial intelligence space saw two major developments last week that highlight how technology companies are trying to manage the soaring costs...

Artificial intelligence • M&A • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups

СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ Data: Q2 Brought The Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021

Joanna Glasner

June 29, 2026

Startup exits valued at $1 billion or more are now more numerous than at any point since the 2021 market peak, СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ data shows. The trend we’re...

AI Robotics • Clean tech and energy • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture • Web3

Why Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Says It’s A Great Time To Build A Hard Tech Company: ‘Infrastructure Is The Moat’

Gené Teare

June 24, 2026

In this СÀ¶ÊÓƵɫÇéÍøÒ³°æ News Q&A, Gigascale Capital founder Mike Schroepfer discusses the coming power crunch, why infrastructure has become a strategic...