IPO
Aug 10, 2026
AI IPOs Will Reshape VC Power — Just Not How You Think
Everyone is watching AI IPO opening prices. Andrew Gershfeld of Flint Capital argues the real story plays out afterward — when LP distributions trigger a new fundraising cycle that could hand an unprecedented share of venture capital to the industry's largest firms, leaving founders outside the top tier to compete in an increasingly constrained market.
AI
Venture Capital
IPO
Aug 6, 2026
Revolut's Storonsky in Talks for a $500bn Windfall
Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky is reportedly negotiating a new share deal that would significantly boost his stake if the fintech hits a $500bn valuation — more than four times its current secondary market price. The talks reveal the scale of Storonsky's ambitions ahead of a potential 2028 IPO.
Fintech
Startups
IPO
Aug 5, 2026
Record 14 Billion-Dollar Rounds Push Funding to $65B
Global venture funding hit $65 billion in July 2026 — up 100% year over year — with a record 14 billion-dollar rounds closed in a single month. AI captured 53% of all capital, while a healthy IPO and M&A market signals the cycle is broadening, not peaking.
Venture Capital
AI
Startups
Jul 23, 2026
Revolut Launches Secondary Sale at $115B Valuation
Revolut has confirmed a new secondary share sale valuing the fintech giant at a reported $115 billion — up from $75 billion just last year. The sale gives employees a rare liquidity event as Revolut continues its aggressive global expansion.
Fintech
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 17, 2026
Apple's Trade Secrets Suit vs. OpenAI Threatens IPO
Apple filed a sweeping trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, alleging misconduct that reaches OpenAI's chief hardware officer and implicates more than 400 former Apple employees. With OpenAI reportedly eyeing a public listing, the lawsuit lands at a particularly precarious moment for the AI lab.
AI
OpenAI
Apple
Jul 14, 2026
DeepSeek Eyes $1.5B Raise and 2027 IPO at $71B Valuation
Chinese LLM developer DeepSeek is reportedly in talks to raise $1.5 billion at a $71 billion valuation, with plans to go public in 2027. The move would mark a major milestone for one of the most disruptive forces in the global AI race.
AI
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 11, 2026
SK Hynix's $26.5B IPO Is Fueled by AI Memory Demand
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix made its Wall Street debut Friday, raising $26.5 billion and breaking Alibaba's record as the largest-ever foreign company listing. Riding the AI-driven surge in memory chip demand, the company briefly topped Samsung as South Korea's most valuable firm.
AI hardware
HBM
IPO
Jul 7, 2026
North American Startup Funding Hit $392B in H1 2026
Fueled by historic AI megarounds and a record-breaking SpaceX IPO, North American venture investment reached $392 billion in the first half of 2026 — a figure that dwarfs any prior period. Late-stage AI giants dominated capital flows, while early-stage funding also surged to a three-year high. Here's a full breakdown of what moved the needle in Q2.
Venture Capital
AI Funding
Startups
Jul 6, 2026
Thought Machine Lands $41M, Crosses $100M Revenue
UK cloud banking fintech Thought Machine has quietly secured £80M in total funding — including £30M from an unnamed Tier 1 bank client — while crossing $100M in annual revenue for the first time. CEO Paul Taylor says an IPO is at least two years away and argues revenue is a better success metric than valuation.
Fintech
Funding
Cloud Banking
Jul 3, 2026
ElevenLabs Eyes $22B Valuation in Secondary Share Sale
AI voice startup ElevenLabs is reportedly in early talks for a secondary share sale that would double its valuation to $22bn. The tender offer could arrive as soon as September, as the company accelerates its push toward enterprise customers and an eventual IPO.
AI voice
ElevenLabs
Enterprise AI
Jul 2, 2026
Global Startup Funding Hit a Record $510B in H1 2026
Venture funding shattered records in the first half of 2026, reaching $510 billion — more than all of 2025 combined. OpenAI and Anthropic alone accounted for 43% of that total, while IPOs and M&A activity hit their strongest levels since the 2021 boom.
Venture Capital
AI Funding
Startups
Jul 2, 2026
Bending Spoons Surges 40% on IPO Day, Defies SaaS Slump
Italian software company Bending Spoons made a dramatic stock market debut, jumping 40% on its first day of trading. The company has built its empire by acquiring and AI-powering legacy tech brands like Evernote, Vimeo, and Eventbrite. Its strong debut bucks a broader downturn in SaaS valuations.
AI
Bending Spoons
Eventbrite
Jul 1, 2026
SpaceX's Mystery AI Device Hints at Consumer Hardware
SpaceX reportedly demoed a 'handset-like' AI device to investors ahead of its IPO — a move that signals the company may be eyeing a serious push into consumer wireless hardware. Here's what we know so far.
AI hardware
Consumer Tech
Elon Musk
Jul 1, 2026
Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 5 at a Fraction of Cost
Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 5, a mid-tier model that rivals its flagship Opus 4.8 on key benchmarks while costing up to 60% less per token. The launch comes as Anthropic races toward what could be the most scrutinized IPO in tech history, with a valuation now approaching $1 trillion.
Anthropic
Claude
AI Models
Jun 29, 2026
Q2 2026 Sees Most Billion-Dollar Exits Since 2021 Peak
Crunchbase data shows Q2 2026 delivered the highest count of billion-dollar-plus startup exits since the 2021 boom — led by SpaceX's record-shattering IPO and a wave of landmark acquisitions and public offerings across AI, quantum computing, and beyond.
IPO
Startup Exits
SpaceX
Jun 25, 2026
Cerebras Stock Plunges After First Post-IPO Earnings
AI chipmaker Cerebras saw its stock plunge following its debut earnings report as a public company, after forecasting narrower gross margins spooked investors. CEO Andrew Feldman insisted the market misread the guidance, but the damage was swift.
AI chips
Cerebras
Earnings
Jun 25, 2026
Agility Robotics Eyes $2.5B Valuation in SPAC Deal
Humanoid robotics firm Agility Robotics is going public via a SPAC merger at a $2.5 billion valuation, expecting to raise $620 million in proceeds. The Oregon State University spinout is one of the most prominent players in the humanoid robot space.
Agility Robotics
Digit
humanoid robots