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According to the PitchBook Unicorn Tracker, about 40% of the total value of those unicorns comes from AI firms, which suggests that these companies are very young indeed.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Private capital is a much bigger source of financing, and many unicorns count clusters of venture firms, families, and founders on their capital tables.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

In the pandemic, a slide portrayed surviving startups as winged unicorns escaping a gulch—the “Valley of Coronavirus.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Baidu’s chip unit, Kunlunxin, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO, while AI unicorns Moonshot AI and StepFun are also preparing to go public.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

But he had seen unicorns and felt the cool of their horn against his palm.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell