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Austin鈥檚 startup scene is stronger than ever. That鈥檚 the consensus among investors in the city, and it鈥檚 borne out by Crunchbase data, which shows...
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Ethan Choi, a partner at Khosla Ventures, recently spoke to Crunchbase News about AI's impact, why he thinks entry-level jobs could be disappearing...
The dollars involved in startup M&A deals appear to be up significantly this year, though deal counts are not. Still, numerous M&A market watchers we...
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In the second installment of a three-part series, guest authors Mark Himmelsbach and Remy Pinson write that while founders are being forced to adapt...
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The startup world seems convinced that we鈥檒l all remake our workflows with AI, but what of our culture 鈥� the intangible connective tissue beneath it...
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Coverbase, an AI-powered procurement platform, has raised $16 million in a Series A round led by Canapi Ventures, the startup tells Crunchbase News...
Current AI-driven investing resembles the 2021 bubble, but in several notable ways this time is also different. We explore how the market now...
Findem is just one of more than a dozen startups at the intersection of AI and recruitment globally that has raised venture capital in 2025.
A deeper dive into the number of companies developing tools for employers and jobseekers shows startups targeting frontline workers in industries...
It鈥檚 been observed that every technological era both destroys existing jobs and creates new ones, a trend we鈥檝e witnessed in recent startup cycles...
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