For the past few years the M&A market for startups has been slow — and the IPO pipeline nonexistent. However, just as AI is taking over venture, perhaps it is doing that for the M&A and IPO markets. We take a look.
Layoffs
So far this year, less than $100 million has gone into U.S. companies in Crunchbase’s smart-home and smart-building categories.
We spoke to Ryan Hinkle, managing director at startup investor Insight Partners, about where he sees long-awaited liquidity exits coming into play in...
Troubled artificial intelligence startup Stability AI is laying off 10% of its workforce in the latest hit for the AI-driven visual art startup.
The big news in AI this week was undoubtedly Microsoft’s huge $1.5 billion strategic investment in UAE-based artificial intelligence firm G42 — the...
Valuations for both public and private fitness companies have declined, investment is down, and fitness-related consumer spending remains tough to...
Because the majority of Americans believe Big Tech has “too much power,” it’s clear that trust in tech is ebbing. Lisette Paras, founder and...
Relief is not in sight. After tailing off a bit in December, job cuts picked up again in January, per the Crunchbase Tech Layoffs Tracker. February...
Thrasio, a startup that rolls up third-party sellers on Amazon, on Wednesday said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and entered a...
Using Crunchbase data, we identified a sample set of 28 private companies that have a peak valuation of $1 billion or more but haven’t raised a round...
Global startup funding for the first month of the year reached close to $22 billion — slightly below the monthly average for 2023 — according to an...
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