195 Companies Became Unicorns in H1 2026 — More in Six Months Than in All of 2025
Crunchbase News·medium signal
Crunchbase's H1 2026 count published today shows 195 new unicorns, already past 2025's full-year total of 193, adding roughly $440B in aggregate value on $80B raised. The US took 110 (56%), but China jumped to 38 from 10 in 2025; top entries include DeepSeek at $50B, OKX at $25B, and OpenAI Deployment Co. at $14B, with Etched doubling to $10B in six months and Hadrian going $1.6B to $7.9B in seven. Robotics and 'AI neolabs' lead — notably, classic horizontal SaaS does not appear in the leading-sector list at all, which is the more useful signal for anyone pricing a software business right now.