Legal AI startup Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation TechCrunch By: Dominic-Madori Davis 21 October 2026 at 21:51 Legal AI startup Legora announced Wednesday that it raised a $550 million Series E round, valuing it at $8.8 billion.
Blacksmith hits unicorn valuation after Sequoia leads Series C TechCrunch By: Dominic-Madori Davis 21 October 2026 at 20:18 Blacksmith, a platform that lets companies build and test AI code more effectively, just announced a $66 million Series C round led by Sequoia that values the company at $1 billion.
Foursquare co-founder says equity holders saw no returns from the company’s acquisition TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 21 October 2026 at 17:03 Foursquare raised $411 million in funding according to PitchBook data, but its equity holders saw no returns from its final acquisition.