Harbinger raises $160M, will build trucks for FedEx
Los Angeles-based electric truck startup Harbinger has raised $160 million in a Series C funding round co-led by FedEx, as…
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Immortality startup Eternos pivots to a personal AI that sounds like you
In 2023, after nearly three decades as CEO of the company he founded, Robert LoCascio stepped down as CEO of…
Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup
Meta may be about to lose one of its most renowned AI heads: Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at…
Consolidation begins to hit the carbon credit market
Carbon management startup Carbon Direct is buying another carbon credit startup, Pachama, the companies announced today. Pachama laid off around…
Remote driving startup Vay could grab up to $410M from Singapore’s Grab
Autonomous vehicles are having a moment, and it’s making it a lot easier for smaller companies to raise money. Vay,…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements
This year, TechCrunch Disrupt showcased the incredible talent and groundbreaking ideas of our 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 cohort. Out of…
A commercial space station startup now has a foothold in space
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2024’s Startup Battlefield runner-up geCKo Materials reveals four new products at TechCrunch Disrupt
The 2024 runner-up in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, geCKo Materials, returned to the stage at this year’s show to…
Defense startup Pytho AI wants to turbocharge military mission planning and it will show off its tech at Disrupt 2025
Pytho AI is coming out of stealth with an ambitious pitch to the Department of Defense: turn mission planning that…
Sam Altman’s next startup eyes using sound waves to read your brain
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Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta
Sesame, a conversational AI startup and smart glasses maker, has raised a $250 million Series B round and is opening…
Sources: Multimodal AI startup Fal.ai already raised at $4B+ valuation
Fal.ai, a startup that hosts image, video, and audio AI models for developers, has closed a new round valuing the…
Eightfold co-founders raise $35M for Viven, an AI digital twin startup for querying unavailable coworkers
While employees spend much of their day communicating and coordinating amongst themselves on projects, this effort is often undermined by…
Prezent raises $30 million to acquire AI services firms — starting with founder’s other company
Prezent, a startup that offers an AI-powered presentation builder to enterprises, said today that it has raised $30 million in…
Perplexity acquires the team behind Sequioa-backed AI design startup Visual Electric
Sequoia-backed AI design startup Visual Electric said that it is joining search startup Perplexity today. The company noted on its…
Marissa Mayer will close her old AI startup, sell assets to her new AI startup
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TechCrunch Mobility: Self-driving trucks startup Kodiak goes public and a shake-up at Hyundai’s Supernal
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get…
More executives depart Hyundai’s air taxi startup Supernal
A wider leadership shakeup t Hyundai’s electric air taxi startup Supernal, , is underway just a few weeks after it…
Battery startup Moxion went bankrupt. Now its founder is back to ‘finish what we started’
Just over a year ago, Moxion Power closed its doors, adding its name to a list of high-profile bankruptcies that…
Smartphone maker Nothing to spin off its affordable CMF brand
Hardware startup Nothing said Thursday that it plans to make its affordable device brand, CMF, into an independent subsidiary with…