June hits 3-year high for new unicorns
Twenty companies joined the Crunchbase Unicorn Board in June - the biggest monthly jump since July 2022.
AI and robotics led the way, with Thinking Machines Lab topping the list after a $2B seed round at a $12B valuation.
🖱 The US led with 11 new unicorns, followed by China (4), and one each in Israel, India, UAE, Switzerland, and New Zealand.
🖱 Six unicorns went public, including neobank Chime and Circle, while two were acquired.
🖱 Notable sectors: AI (Thinking Machines Lab, Decagon, Fireflies.ai), robotics (Unitree, Gecko Robotics), and Web3 (Zama, The Open Platform).
