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Greenspan Penned ‘Irrational Exuberance’ 30 Years Ago. It Aged Well.

Greenspan Penned ‘Irrational Exuberance’ 30 Years Ago. It Aged Well.

Longstanding Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan passed away Monday at age 100. But for those of us old enough to remember the dot-com boom, his legacy looms

AppsFlyer Reportedly Lands $1B At $2.7B Valuation To Help Companies Track Digital Ads

AppsFlyer Reportedly Lands $1B At $2.7B Valuation To Help Companies Track Digital Ads

Data analytics company AppsFlyer is eyeing the public markets after reportedly securing more than $1 billion in a Series E funding round.

Saas Isn’t Coming Back. Something Much Bigger Is Replacing It

Saas Isn’t Coming Back. Something Much Bigger Is Replacing It

The next wave of software will be AI-native, industry-specific platforms, writes guest author Richard de Silva who believes the biggest winners will be vertical

Sector Snapshot: Robotics Startups On Fire As Venture Funding Surges To Record Numbers In 2026

Sector Snapshot: Robotics Startups On Fire As Venture Funding Surges To Record Numbers In 2026

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 surpasses the $14

European Investor Seedcamp Closes On $320M Across Two Funds To Back Seed Startups And Reaches $1B AUM

European Investor Seedcamp Closes On $320M Across Two Funds To Back Seed Startups And Reaches $1B AUM

Seedcamp, one of Europe’s earliest seed investors, has closed on its 7th fund of $220 million and a select fund 2 of $100 million to invest in winners from the

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: World-Model Startup Odyssey Leads With $310M In Slower Week For Large Deals

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: World-Model Startup Odyssey Leads With $310M In Slower Week For Large Deals

This week was not an exceptionally busy one for large funding deals, though we saw sizable rounds in a lively mix of sectors ranging from AI to fintech to quantum

AT&T Ventures’ Head Vikram Taneja On The New Rules of Seed-Stage Defensibility

AT&T Ventures’ Head Vikram Taneja On The New Rules of Seed-Stage Defensibility

In an interview with Crunchbase News, Vikram Taneja, head of AT&T Ventures, shares why he believes that while AI has drastically lowered the barrier to building

The Boardroom Blind Spot: When Success Hides Disruption

The Boardroom Blind Spot: When Success Hides Disruption

Boards should not wait for poor performance before confronting disruptive technologies like AI and quantum computing. Instead, writes guest columnist and strategic

‘This System Wasn’t Built For Me’: Black Founders Became Investors To Change Venture Capital

‘This System Wasn’t Built For Me’: Black Founders Became Investors To Change Venture Capital

The consistently low numbers of U.S. venture funding to Black founders led some to turn to investing in an effort to help level the playing field. Crunchbase News

I Sold My AI Startup Before Revenue: Here’s What Investors Missed — And Founders Shouldn’t

I Sold My AI Startup Before Revenue: Here’s What Investors Missed — And Founders Shouldn’t

The greatest long-term value in AI will come from companies solving deep technical challenges at the model and infrastructure level rather than application-layer