{
  "id": 488560,
  "title": "Private Equity Firms Are Sitting on Nearly 34,000 Unsold Companies. That Pileup Is Getting Worse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/private-equity-firms-are-sitting-on-nearly-34-000-unsold-companies",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-10T16:14:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/brian-contreras/private-equity-pe-firms-unsold-portfolio-companies-exit-environment/91388065"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Amid high interest rates and an AI boom, PE is struggling to sell. Small business owners could suffer as a result.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}