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In 2023, Dave Haase was a CPA who had been running his own firm in the San Francisco Bay Area for several years when he saw a live demo of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Upon seeing the AI agent successfully file a tax return on the screen, the accountant realized: “My business is either dead in 18 […]
Companies that buy a lot of startups don’t always have a lot in common. Some are longstanding blue chip tech and pharmaceutical companies. Others are fast-growing venture-backed unicorns. And still others are more recent public market entrants looking to stay competitive in the age of AI. To get a sense of who’s buying in bulk,
The Most Active Startup Acquirers Of The Past 3 Years Aren’t Always Who You’d Expect Read More »
By Bob Morse and Dario Fanucchi Last year felt like the Year of the AI Pilot. Companies bought LLM subscriptions, managers checked on employee usage, and coffee chats abounded with the “AI wrote my memo” motif. Looking around today, there is widespread disappointment with the impact of these AI pilots. Add to this the recent
Don’t Just Talk About AI. Measure Business Outputs. Here’s How. Read More »
By Bob Morse and Dario Fanucchi Last year felt like the Year of the AI Pilot. Companies bought LLM subscriptions, managers checked on employee usage, and coffee chats abounded with the “AI wrote my memo” motif. Looking around today, there is widespread disappointment with the impact of these AI pilots. Add to this the recent
Don’t Just Talk About AI. Measure Business Outputs. Here’s How. Read More »
The tech IPO market has barely cracked open in 2026. But behind the slow start is a potential pipeline of blockbuster listings — including possible debuts from SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic — that could redefine the market when it does. To understand what’s holding the IPO market back and what could unlock it, Crunchbase News
PwC’s US IPO Lead On The 2026 Outlook, IPO Timing And The Secondary Boom Read More »
A CEO at a mid-sized enterprise SaaS company recently described a situation that would have sounded unusual not long ago, but is starting to feel increasingly relevant. One of their largest customers had asked for a specific new feature which would help their workflow, the kind of request that was clearly valuable to the customer
Will Features Even Exist? How AI Is Forcing SaaS To Rethink The Product Itself Read More »
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Space Tech, AI Infrastructure Lead Fundraises Read More »
Elena Sakach is on a roll. A partner at GV (Google Ventures), Sakach has helped lead the firm’s investments in high-profile startups such as Humans&, Ramp, Stripe, Tennr and Basis. Unsurprisingly, considering her involvement in so many significant fintech deals, Sakach followed a fairly traditional path into finance. She started in the technology, media and
Predictions of a grand IPO rebound in 2026 have yet to come true in the form of new filings and major debuts. Nonetheless, the first couple months of the year have brought a steady stream of market entries from companies in sectors such as construction tech, space tech and biotech. Noticeably absent, however, are new
IPOs Are Holding Up In 2026, But SaaS Debuts Aren’t Happening Read More »
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal
