Browsing: Unicorns
For decades, building a billion-dollar company required a village. Raise massive capital, hire hundreds of people, build a sprawling department…
Unicorns are flush with cash and stuck. A new kind of startup crisis is taking hold in 2026
Some of the most valuable private companies in the world right now have a problem that has nothing to do…
Most of the CEOs leading the world’s most valuable semiconductor firms, the companies powering AI, cloud computing, and the digital…
Elon Musk’s Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes—then ‘feigned compliance’ and was caught doing it again
A county environmental regulator has fined Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunneling venture, nearly $500,000 after the company dumped “drilling fluids”…
Recently, my company, XPANCEO, closed a $250 million Series A round at a $1.35 billion valuation. It was the largest…
How the cofounder of Chess.com went from being a child prodigy in a religious cult to building a 225 million player empire
Entrepreneurs are first pulled toward their passion in all sorts of ways—whether that be through an overbearing parent, chasing a…
Over the last decade, we’ve invested in over 20 unicorns. The machines will take millions of jobs—but they’ll never lead like a human can
The World Economic Forum’s latest report produced news of 92 million jobs being eliminated due to AI by 2030. But…
Europe is home to more than 9,000 fintechs. It has produced global champions such as Wise, Klarna, and Adyen in…
Oura Health Oy, the maker of the popular Oura health and fitness ring, is closing in on a roughly $11…
The unicorn killer: Why regulatory risk keeps destroying startup value and what to do about it
Private equity and venture capital firms spend months analyzing market dynamics, competitive landscapes, and management teams before writing checks. They…












