{
  "id": 1480112,
  "title": "Chip giants participated in startup funding rounds collectively surpassing $250B YTD; Nvidia leads the sector in deal volume with a record 59 funding rounds (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/chip-giants-participated-in-startup-funding-rounds-collectively",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-17T12:25:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/semiconductor-giants-nvda-intc-backing-ai-robotics-starups-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Anyone with a stock portfolio has invariably noticed that semiconductor companies are on a tear this year.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}