29 Companies Joined The Unicorn Board In August, Led By AI Software And Semiconductors

A total of 29 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in August, adding around $63 billion in value to the board. More than a third of the companies to join last month were under 3 years old, underscoring how quickly some of today's best-funded startups are reaching multibillion-dollar valuations.

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