Almost 40 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are

TechCrunch tracked nearly 40 VC-backed startups that achieved unicorn status in 2026, using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook. The list spans January and February and includes companies across AI, healthcare, crypto, robotics, and cloud infrastructure. Notable new unicorns include Apptronik (humanoid robotics, $5.3B), Erebor Bank (crypto banking founded by Palmer Luckey, $4B), Humans& (AI research, $4.5B), and Recursive Intelligence (AI chip design, $4B). While AI dominates the list, a significant number of healthcare and crypto companies also reached the $1B+ valuation milestone.