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A total 195 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in the first half of 2026 — far surpassing counts seen since the second half of 2022. Already, H1 is above the new unicorn totals for all of 2025, when 193 companies were minted with that status. In this bifurcated funding environment, we also see a […]

By Andrew Gershfeld The current focus on AI IPOs is largely centered on public market performance. Investors want to know whether these companies justify their valuations and how their shares will trade after listing. But everybody is watching the wrong metric. The more consequential story begins after the bell rings, when limited partners receive distributions