Startup Founders Are Using AI To File Patents. Here’s Where DIY Becomes A Liability.

As Arc Raiders celebrates its first birthday, publisher Nexon reveals the extraction shooter has topped 17 million sales, but revenue is set to decline

Arc Raiders, Embark Studios’ popular extraction shooter, has exceeded 17m copies sold, according to publisher Nexon.

The Crunchbase Unicorn Board Tops 1,900 Companies In October, With 34 Companies Joining — Half Under 4 Years Old

A total of 34 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in October, adding more than $96 billion in value and $14.8 billion in total funding to the board. The board also reached a new record of 1,900 private companies last month, along with a new record for the U.S.

Here’s your first Black Friday Kindle deal: get the Paperwhite Signature Edition for a record-low price

Amazon has dropped an early Black Friday Kindle deal and reduced the last-generation Paperwhite Signature Edition to a record-low price.

Exclusive: Nvidia bet Hiverge quietly raises $19.4m backed by Plural

Phasmophobia raises over $200,000 for charity in the annual Ghost Hunts for Hearts collaboration with the American Heart Association

Players have managed to double the charitable donations reached last year.

Sumary raises $25M in what it calls Europe’s largest accounting seed round

Sumary, a Copenhagen-founded startup that builds AI software for accounting firms, has raised $25M in a seed round led by Singular. Existing investors byFounders, Partech and Tenity also took part.

Series A In 2026: Capital Is Flowing Faster, But Fewer Startups Are Making The Cut

More money is pouring into Series A rounds, but it isn’t opening the door to more startups. U.S. companies have raised $42 billion at that stage this year through October, up roughly 60% year over year, while deal counts remain on pace with the past few years, Crunchbase data shows.

Paper Unicorns Are Cheap. Building A $1B Revenue AI Company Takes A Multimarket Cap Table

AI startups should be judged by durable revenue, full-price renewals and healthy margins after delivery costs, with embedded customer workflows providing stronger defensibility as model access gets cheaper, rather than their paper valuation, writes guest author Ilman Shazhaev, founder and CEO of…

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Defense And Space Tech Lead For Large Rounds

This week brought another plethora of large funding rounds for startups and growth-stage companies. Shield AI, a defense tech player focused on autonomy and virtual simulations, secured the largest financing, bringing in $2 billion.

How To Challenge A Monopoly In The AI Age

AI chip startups can challenge the sector’s Goliath’s by building substantially better hardware for emerging inference demands, much as Juniper challenged Cisco with a new architecture suited to the internet’s rapid growth.