Cloud communication service, Bird, has cut 120 jobs — roughly one-third of its total workforce. The…
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Lyft to launch Mobileye-powered robotaxis ‘as soon as 2026,’ starting with Dallas
Ride-hail giant Lyft plans to bring fully autonomous robotaxis, powered by Mobileye, to its app “as…
Self Inspection raises $3M for its AI-powered vehicle inspections
A number of startups are racing to make vehicle inspections faster, easier, and cheaper. Self Inspection,…
PromptLayer is building tools to put non-techies in the driver’s seat of AI app development
The GenAI boom of the last few years has unleashed a wave of startups promising to…
Sprinklr cuts 500 employees, citing underwhelming business performance
Sprinklr, a U.S. firm providing a customer experience management platform to global brands, has laid off…
Presto is building Stripe for EV charging
Charging an electric vehicle in public can be the best of times or the worst of…
Bench burned through $135 million before shutting down
A clearer picture of Bench’s downfall is emerging thanks to newly-released bankruptcy filings. The records show…
Modern Synthesis is making compostable materials that last a lifetime
Jen Keane’s claim to fame is that she grew a shoe using bacteria, coaxing the microbes…
Hitachi Ventures raises $400M fund to invest in everything from fusion to AI
Hitachi Ventures secured $400 million for a fourth fund, the firm exclusively told TechCrunch. The size…
E-fuels startup will make diamonds before powering jet planes
September 11 left a lasting impression on Stephen Beaton, and like many others of his generation,…
Two space startups have merged to create the next generation of telescopes
On a clear spring evening in Michigan, the stars aligned — just not in the way…
Sotira lands $2M to help brands offload and monetize their surplus inventory
An estimated 20% to 30% of all inventory in the U.S. is surplus, with much of…
Egypt’s Khazna banks $16M for its financial super app and expansion into Saudi
A large portion of Egypt’s population lacks access to traditional banking, forcing many to rely on…
Accel backs Indian AI startup building ‘ChatGPT for presentations’
Presentations.ai, an Indian startup that uses AI to help companies quickly generate presentation decks, has raised…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is trying to duck a deposition in an OpenAI copyright lawsuit
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is trying to avoid being deposed in a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI,…
AngelSense exposed location data and personal information of tracked users
AngelSense, an assistive technology company that provides location monitoring devices for people with disabilities, was spilling…
SuperOps bags $25M to use AI and better help managed service providers
SuperOps, an Indian startup offering tools to help IT service providers and internal system administrators at…
Solar startup Niko is building Mexico’s first virtual power plant
When Edoardo Dellepiane and Raffaele Sertorio founded Niko Energy in 2023, they saw ample opportunity in…
Meteomatics eyes U.S. expansion for its enterprise-focused weather forecasting tools
Martin Fengler knows a lot about the weather. Fengler got his Ph.D. in mathematics, focused on…
Formance raises $21M to build the AWS for fintech infrastructure
If you talk to a fintech entrepreneur about their business, chances are they’ll end up talking…