Unicorns

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
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Could AI create a one-person unicorn? Sam Altman thinks so—and Silicon Valley sees the technology ‘waiting for us’

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February 4, 2024
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PayPal finds a new use for its stablecoin as it looks for ways to fend off Apple

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January 29, 2024
What the crypto world can learn from the fate of ‘unicorpses’
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What the crypto world can learn from the fate of ‘unicorpses’

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January 26, 2024
The dawning of the unicorpses: The boom and bust of billion-dollar startups
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The dawning of the unicorpses: The boom and bust of billion-dollar startups

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January 26, 2024
Aileen Lee, the VC who coined ‘unicorns,’ on why it’s so hard to track billion dollar startups—and what she thinks of their dark cousins, ‘unicorpses’
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Aileen Lee, the VC who coined ‘unicorns,’ on why it’s so hard to track billion dollar startups—and what she thinks of their dark cousins, ‘unicorpses’

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January 25, 2024
How scooter startup Bird, the sharing economy’s next big thing, went from $2.5 billion smash hit to roadkill in record time
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How scooter startup Bird, the sharing economy’s next big thing, went from $2.5 billion smash hit to roadkill in record time

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January 25, 2024
Photo illustration of a unicorn's horn bursting a bubble.
Magazine

From unicorns to unicorpses: Why billion-dollar startups and even VC firms keep imploding

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January 25, 2024
Cowboy Ventures’ Aileen Lee coined the term ‘unicorn.’ Here’s what she thinks about billion-dollar startups, 10 years later
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Cowboy Ventures’ Aileen Lee coined the term ‘unicorn.’ Here’s what she thinks about billion-dollar startups, 10 years later

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January 19, 2024
Bill Capuzzi wearing a suit jacket and collared shirt
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Apex Fintech Solutions, which called off its SPAC merger in 2021, has revived plans to go public 

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December 12, 2023
Ryan Peterson, chief executive officer and founder of Flexport Inc., stands for a photograph at the company's office in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, April 15, 2015.
Leadership

CEO of freight giant Flexport rescinds dozens of job offers just days before the new hires’ start date: ‘I hope you will forgive us someday’

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September 11, 2023
One of the weirdest AI unicorns worth $1 billion is one that lets you talk to Albert Einstein, Elon Musk or Mickey Mouse
Tech

One of the weirdest AI unicorns worth $1 billion is one that lets you talk to Albert Einstein, Elon Musk or Mickey Mouse

By Rachel Metz and Bloomberg
July 7, 2023
Mustafa Suleyman wears glasses and a button up.
Tech

Bill Gates, along with Eric Schmidt and Nvidia, just minted another A.I. unicorn in a massive $1.3 billion funding round

By Rachel Shin and Jeremy Kahn
June 29, 2023
Bill Gates’ venture firm, with backing from Jeff Bezos and Jack Ma, just minted a $1 billion A.I. unicorn that uses machine learning for mining rare earth metals crucial for EVs
Finance

Bill Gates’ venture firm, with backing from Jeff Bezos and Jack Ma, just minted a $1 billion A.I. unicorn that uses machine learning for mining rare earth metals crucial for EVs

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June 20, 2023
CAVA’s IPO was a ‘break in the clouds’ for the icy IPO market, says one of its early investors. Will others follow?
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CAVA’s IPO was a ‘break in the clouds’ for the icy IPO market, says one of its early investors. Will others follow?

By Jessica Mathews and Anne Sraders
June 16, 2023
M&A for venture-backed startups has fallen to the lowest quarterly level in a decade
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M&A for venture-backed startups has fallen to the lowest quarterly level in a decade

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April 24, 2023

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