Crunchbase reported on October 14 that 38 companies joined its Unicorn Board in September 2026, adding about $71 billion in value. Semiconductors, financial services and space technology led by count, with other additions in biotech, AI infrastructure, AI training, security and frontier labs.
Twenty-one of the new unicorns are U.S.-headquartered, six are from China and three are from the U.K. Through September, 311 companies had joined in 2026, on track for the second-highest year after 2021.
Source: Crunchbase News