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DeepSeek Leads 10 AI Labs to Unicorn Board in June

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Crunchbase News ·

34 companies joined the Crunchbase Unicorn Board in June, adding over $110 billion in value. 10 AI labs accounted for $65 billion of that total, led by DeepSeek. Robotics and AI infrastructure also saw multiple new unicorns.

Meridian48 take
The surge of AI labs hitting unicorn status underscores investor frenzy, but valuations may be inflated given the capital-intensive nature of frontier AI.
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Led By DeepSeek, 10 Frontier Labs Rush Onto The Crunchbase Unicorn Board In June →
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