Whatnot valued at $20 billion as live shopping continues to boom

In AI-obsessed Silicon Valley, live commerce platform Whatnot just notched a new funding round valuing it at…

Whatnot raised $545M Series G at $20B valuation (doubled from $11.5B), reaching 1B orders across 300+ categories. The round validates that marketplace businesses with strong network effects attract scale capital—a rare contrarian move signaling platform plays remain viable exits amid AI's venture dominance.