Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices

Some AI founders are using a novel valuation mechanism to manufacture unicorn status.

Just three companies dominated the $189 billion in VC investments last month

Crunchbase data shows a record $189 billion of global venture capital flowed to startups last month, with AI startups nabbing 90% of the capital.

Anduril aims at $60 billion valuation in new funding round

The funding round would come less than a year after Anduril’s Series G, which closed in June with $2.5 billion against a $30 billion valuation.

The candidate that Silicon Valley built is now the one they want to tear down

Ethan Agarwal, a 40-year-old tech entrepreneur with no political background, told TechCrunch on Monday evening that he is running for California’s 17th congressional district.

Investors spill what they aren’t looking for anymore in AI SaaS companies

TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren’t looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore.

SaaS in, SaaS out: Here’s what’s driving the SaaSpocalypse

What’s behind the SaaSpocalypse? It simply seems a new supreme has risen.

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After Zomato, Deepinder Goyal returns with a $54M brain-monitoring bet

Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal’s new wearable startup Temple has raised $54 million in a friends-and-family round at a post-money valuation of about $190 million.

Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale

The new valuation is a 31% increase from $6.1 billion Plaid reached in April.