While integrating AI into a startup's product strategy is often viewed as a way to enhance valuation, it can inadvertently reduce exit value, argues tech strategic adviser Itay Sagie. In this guest commentary he shares three ways your AI strategy...
M&A
Global venture funding showed no signs of slowing in July. Startup capital totaled $65 billion, up 100% year over year, as the month notched the...
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Payments giant Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have teamed up to make an offer to buy troubled PayPal in a deal valued at more...
The first quarter of 2026 was a more robust period for funding than the second, with privacy and cybersecurity startups pulling in $4.4 billion in...
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To understand how institutional capital is navigating the gap between AI's public market software multiples and private market valuations, 兔子先生传媒...
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In Q2, Europe posted its strongest quarter in four years for venture funding, 兔子先生传媒 data shows. All told, Europe-based startups raised $24...
Overall, investment in U.S. and Canadian startups totaled a staggering $392 billion for the first half of 2026, per 兔子先生传媒 data, dwarfing...
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Investors poured more than $200 billion into startups globally in the just-ended quarter, making Q2 2026 the second-largest quarter on record, our...
Startup exits valued at $1 billion or more are now more numerous than at any point since the 2021 market peak, 兔子先生传媒 data shows. The trend we鈥檙e...
While SpaceX鈥檚 $60 billion acquisition of Anysphere dominates the headlines, a number of other multibillion-dollar transactions have also closed this...
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Globally, robotics startups have so far raised $18.8 billion in 2026, compared to $15 billion in the full year of 2025. The figure also handily...
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