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The IPO Pipeline Finally Gets Interesting

Any startup CEO can talk about future plans for going public. But until a company actually files for an IPO, it’s all just speculation. We’re not talking about confidential filings either. Sure, they signal serious intent and contain valuable information for regulators. But for the rest of us, it’s the public S-1 filing that signifies […]

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Transportation And Biotech Take The Lead

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

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Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) — AI Equity Research Update | March 2026

This analysis was produced by an AI financial research system. All data is sourced exclusively from publicly available filings, earnings transcripts, government data, and free financial aggregators — no proprietary data, paid research, or institutional tools are used. Every figure cited can be independently verified by the reader using the sources listed at the end…

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Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) — AI Equity Research | March 2026

This analysis was produced by an AI financial research system. All data is sourced exclusively from publicly available filings, earnings transcripts, government data, and free financial aggregators — no proprietary data, paid research, or institutional tools are used. Every figure cited can be independently verified by the reader using the sources listed at the end…

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Sixteen new START.nano companies are developing hard-tech solutions with the support of MIT.nano

MIT.nano has announced that 16 startups became active participants in its START.nano program in 2025, more than doubling the number of new companies from the previous year. Aimed at speeding the transition of hard-tech innovation to market, START.nano supports new ventures through the discounted use of MIT.nano shared facilities and a guided access to the

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North America Q1 Funding Surges Across Stages To Record Level

The first quarter was one for the North American venture capital record books. U.S. and Canadian companies secured a staggering $252.6 billion in seed- through growth-stage funding rounds per Crunchbase data. That’s more than 3x the total raised in the prior quarter, and the largest quarterly total of all time. Predictably, artificial intelligence was the

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This Is A Momentous Year For Early-Stage Unicorns

As global venture funding kicks off this year at record-setting levels, startup investors are also minting new early-stage unicorns at an unprecedented clip. A total of 47 seed- and early-stage companies joined the unicorn ranks in the first quarter of this year, per Crunchbase data. Barring a major slowdown, that puts 2026 on track to

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Q1 2026 Shatters Venture Funding Records As AI Boom Pushes Startup Investment To $300B 

Update: The data and charts in this report were updated at 11:30 a.m. PT on April 1, 2026, to reflect the latest data in Crunchbase for Q1 2026. The first quarter of 2026 was unlike any other for venture investment, driven by unprecedented spending on AI compute and frontier labs. Crunchbase data shows investors poured

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MIT researchers use AI to uncover atomic defects in materials

In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful new properties. Today, atomic-scale defects are carefully introduced during the manufacturing process of products like steel, semiconductors, and solar cells to help improve strength, control electrical conductivity, optimize performance, and more.But even as defects have become

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Austin’s Star Is Still Shining Bright: Venture Funding To City’s Startups Hits All-Time High

At the height of the pandemic and the global shift to remote work, tech founders and investors alike flocked to Austin, Texas, drawn to a more business-friendly environment, relatively lower housing costs, and the city’s hip reputation. Venture firms that set up shop in the Texas capital city included Bedrock Capital, Breyer Capital, and 8VC

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