A record 42 startups became decacorns so far in 2026, beating 2021's 34; PitchBook: the average time to hit $10B dropped to 5.5 years in 2025 vs. 9.4 in 2020 (Lucinda Shen/Axios)
Lucinda Shen / Axios:
A record 42 startups became decacorns so far in 2026, beating 2021's 34; PitchBook: the average time to hit $10B dropped to 5.5 years in 2025 vs. 9.4 in 2020 — We're in the golden age of decacorns. — The average time from launch to decacorn has been cut in nearly half, and some decacorns arrive literally overnight.