Funded startups that are actually hiring, unicorn herd thins, and more - January 30, 2023

January 30, 2023 [The 10 biggest rounds: OpenAI lands $10B; Paradigm raises $203M]( Artificial intelligence is certainly having a moment right now. Last week it was all about OpenAI with its massive $10 billion round — a round so big, it’ll be hard for any company to top all year. Right now, it seems every startup is claiming to use AI in some form or another, and why not? [Who’s Hiring In Tech? Recently funded companies with open roles]( In this new weekly feature, we compile a list of funded startups that are actively hiring for multiple open positions and have not conducted reported layoffs in the past year. [New unicorn shuffle thins herd in final month of 2022]( More unicorn companies left [The Crunchbase Unicorn Board]( in December than joined. In the final month of 2022, three companies joined the board while four dropped off and four exited. [It’s only January, and we’re already at 58K tech layoffs for the year]( More than 58,000 workers in U.S.-based tech companies have been laid off in mass job cuts so far in 2023, according to a Crunchbase News tally, and the year is just getting started. That number includes IBM’s 3,900-person cut and SAP‘s 3,000-person layoff announcements last week. [Chip stocks down, but semiconductor startup funding still robust]( For the semiconductor space, these are not looking like the best of times. Still, it’s not the worst of times either. Even with the markdowns, big chipmakers still rank high among the most valuable American companies. As for semiconductor startups, venture funding may be down, but we’re still seeing big deals getting done. [Venture fell more than 40% in hottest states for funding]( Venture funding to the core states of the startup world — California, Massachusetts and New York — fell sharply last year from 2021’s lofty heights. Yes, that sounds bad, but those numbers still beat those states’ funding in 2020, and they still far outpace other states in venture capital. [These were Europe’s leading investors in 2022, by stage]( The slowdown in 2022 for Europe was less drastic than other regions, down 25% while North America was down 36% by year end. So who were the most active investors in European startups last year? [Venture funding thrived in these 3 states last year]( While the holy trinity of venture funding — California, New York and Massachusetts — saw massive declines in funding during 2022, some states actually realized significant gains last year, according to Crunchbase data. We highlight the standouts. 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