Category: Robotics
Waymo reportedly raising a $16B funding round
Waymo is reportedly finalizing a new funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion.
Meet the new European unicorns of 2026
From Belgium to Ukraine, five fresh European unicorns were minted this January.
Bye-bye, corporate conglomerates. Hello personal conglo...
Elon Musk's reported merging of SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla harkens back to the heyday of General Electric — or maybe the robber barons...
India offers zero taxes through 2047 to lure global AI ...
New Delhi's latest move comes as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft expand data center investments in India.
TechCrunch Mobility: The great Tesla rebranding
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
Indonesia ‘conditionally’ lifts ban on Grok
Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok.
Amazon’s ‘Melania’ documentary makes $7M on opening wee...
While the documentary is exceeding box office expectations, it's unlikely to make a profit in theaters.
Why Tether’s CEO is everywhere right now
For years, Tether's CEO avoided the United States, watching from offshore as regulators circled and prosecutors investigated. Thos...
AI layoffs or ‘AI-washing’?
How many of the companies with recent layoffs are just using AI as an excuse?
TikTok says its services are restored after the outage
TikTok says it finally solved all issues related to outages caused by last week's U.S. snowstorm.
These AI notetaking devices can help you record and tra...
These physical notetakers transcribe audio and give users summaries and action items of meetings using AI. Some even offer live tr...
Linq raises $20M to enable AI assistants to live within...
Linq offers an API that lets companies offer their AI assistants via iMessage, RCS, and SMS.
UpScrolled’s founder says the social network has zoomed...
Upscrolled founder said that the social network was launched six years ago and had 150,000 users until January.
Carbon Robotics built an AI model that detects and iden...
Carbon Robotics' Large Plant Model will allow farmers to kill new types of weeds without having to retrain the machines.
Coalition demands federal Grok ban over nonconsensual s...
Nonprofits urge the U.S. government to suspend Grok in federal agencies after the xAI chatbot generated thousands of nonconsensual...
Ring brings its ‘Search Party’ feature for finding lost...
Ring's Search Party feature for finding lost dogs is now available across the U.S. — even if you don't own a Ring camera.
Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its ...
The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software updat...
OpenAI launches new MacOS app for agentic coding
OpenAI has released a new MacOS app for Codex, integrating many of the agentic coding practices that have become popular since Cod...
Grubhub waives delivery and service fees on restaurant ...
In a bold move to close the gap with rivals, Grubhub is waiving delivery and service fees on restaurant orders over $50.
Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative A...
Starting with Firefox 148 arriving later this month, users will find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings...
