funding is the sole category represented across all 1 tracked stories. Of the tracked stories, 1 of 1 also mention AI, the most common co-covered peer. At 8, the average consequence score sits above the same-window beat average of 7.6.
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What the coverage shows about Crunchbase News
funding is the sole category represented across all 1 tracked stories. Of the tracked stories, 1 of 1 also mention AI, the most common co-covered peer. At 8, the average consequence score sits above the same-window beat average of 7.6. They are better corroborated than the beat average, carrying 5 original sources each against 4.5 for the same window. Crunchbase News appears in 1 tracked AI story from February 18, 2026.
Stories tracked
1
Sources per story
5
Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 57 AI stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Appears alongside
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Crunchbase News. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
US-based AI startups have secured 17 funding rounds of $100 million or more in the first seven weeks of 2026, signaling an acceleration from 2025's record pace. This surge follows a 46% increase in North American startup funding last year, driven almost exclusively by the artificial intelligence sector.
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