AI frontier labs continued to lead The Crunchbase Unicorn Board last month in terms of dollars spent and valuations, but it was hardware ' robotics and semiconductors ' that added the largest number of new billion-dollar companies in February. A total of 27 companies joined the Unicorn Board last month, including six robotics companies and four semiconductor-related startups. Healthcare minted three new unicorns, while foundation AI, cloud services, aerospace and financial services each accounted for two companies that joined. Overall unicorn values soared in February as OpenAI raised $110 billion at a value of $840 billion, making it the most highly valued private company of all time. Its closest rival, Anthropic, raised $30 billion at a valuation of $380 billion, making it the fourth-largest valued company on the list. Waymo, the autonomous driving technology company, was valued at $126 billion, positioning it among the top 10 most highly valued private companies. The Crunchbase...
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