Last year was the third-strongest on record for global venture funding with a surprisingly strong year for IPOs and an uptick in startup M&A numbers, and industry insiders we spoke with expect 2026 ...

Yann LeCun is trying to bend the rules of startup gravity. Before his new artificial intelligence company has a product, a public launch, or even a fully visible team, he is already aiming for a ...

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Meta's outgoing chief ‌artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun ‌is holding early talks to raise 500 million euros ($586.00 million) for a new startup that would value ‍the AI ...

Weeks after laying off about 30% of its staff, MainStreet is said to be raising another round of funding at a $200 million valuation, sources tell TechCrunch. The news is significant in that ...

Investors usually fund startups based on metrics involving revenue, profits or product usage. But investors backing newer AI ...

Capital One's acquisition of Brex is the latest deal under Rich Fairbank, a rare founder-CEO of a major U.S. bank, after its ...

Since Forbes and TrueBridge began publishing the annual Next Billion-Dollar Startups 11 years ago, we’ve continued to track how quickly these standout companies have scaled after being named to the ...

Databricks is raising a fresh $4 billion at a reported $134 billion valuation, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The AI-focused data analytics startup is a rival to SnowflakeSNOW, which has ...

Applied Compute, a startup founded by three former OpenAI researchers that helps companies customize models with their own ...

While quick commerce in India has become synonymous with 10-minute deliveries — and the hottest play for startups and investors — FirstClub is taking a slower, more curated route. Yet just three ...