AI‑fuelled unicorn boom: 90 startups hit $1B in 2026, reshaping investment
Nearly 90 startups hit $1 billion valuations in H1 2026, a pace driven by a flood of AI‑centric funding. The TechCrunch list, built from Crunchbase and PitchBook, shows AI labs alongside health‑tech, cybersecurity and industrial‑parts companies, signaling that AI hype is spilling into legacy sectors and prompting investors to question the sustainability of the unicorn pipeline.