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As AI IPOs bring greater scrutiny, argues guest author Maor Farid, founder and CEO of Leo AI, investors will increasingly prioritize customer spending growth, sustainable margins and deployment efficiency over rapid revenue growth alone.
In total, investors poured $92 billion into seed- through growth-stage rounds for U.S. and Canadian startups in the third quarter, per ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ...
ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ Data: Q3 2026 Posted A Record Count Of Billion-Dollar Rounds As The Global AI Race Heats Up
Global venture funding totaled $159 billion in Q3 2026 with close to 6,000 startups funded, ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ data shows. And while the third quarter was...
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Although Oura has postponed its planned offering that could have raised as much as $2.2 billion, Anthropic is still making a move toward the public...
U.S. venture-backed technology companies have secured around $90 billion in domestic public offerings this year, per ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ data. That’s already...
AI startups are reaching massive valuations and liquidity events so quickly that young founders and employees often acquire life-changing wealth...
Startups across sales, marketing and customer management have raised $7.5 billion so far this year, according to ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ data. The largest rounds...
A total of 29 companies joined The ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ in August, adding around $63 billion in value to the board. More than a third of the...
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Venture investors poured $42 billion into just over 1,500 startups worldwide in August, ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ data shows, down 25% from July’s $56 billion but...
Real estate tech startup investors are being more selective about their bets and putting more money into companies using AI and other technology to...
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So far this year, a record $20.3 billion in global seed- through growth-stage funding has gone to companies in space- and satellite-related sectors...
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