Old IT makes its bid for AI relevance
Pendulum is swinging back to companies in areas such as servers, more general chips and software
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A total of 47 seed- and early stage companies joined the unicorn ranks in the first quarter of this year, per Crunchbase data. Barring a major slowdown, that puts 2026 on track to deliver the largest cohort of young unicorns to date.
Read full articlePendulum is swinging back to companies in areas such as servers, more general chips and software
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