Sources say Automattic’s board is out after failed attempt to oust CEO Matt Mullenweg
Automattic's board is out, multiple sources have confirmed to TechCrunch, after last week's attempt…
Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data
Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid…
Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he’s back in control after CEO ouster
Matt Mullenweg has posted a message to Automattic's Slack, claiming he is back in…
Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal
In 2024, Maven Robotics was brand new, and they had nothing—"a cartoon of a…
Uber rival inDrive scales beyond ride-hailing to capture more consumer spending
The Mountain View, California-based firm, which operates in over 1,200 cities across 48 countries,…
Group of bipartisan lawmakers ask US government to ban several hack-for-hire firms
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has asked the U.S. government to ban several…
Autonomy pivots to gas vehicles to keep the dream of car subscriptions alive
Four years ago, California startup Autonomy pledged to buy 23,000 EVs from 17 automakers,…
Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid
Fusionality's pre-seed funding will help the team, currently seven strong, develop a "tightly selected…
Poseidon Aerospace lands $60M ahead of first pilotless test flight
Silicon Valley is known for embracing the ethos of "move fast and break things."…
The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus
"Model collapse is almost like a mad cow disease… when you feed the outputs…
This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient
It's one the most iconic scenes in the Fast & Furious film franchise: Paul…
This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’
Josh Mackanic left a 10-year engineering career at Pacific Gas and Electric because he…
Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale
Two of the people who spoke to TechCrunch said that braking can be challenging…
Robot brain builders are pushing out of their GPT-2 era
The furthest ahead are autonomous vehicles, in part because of the ability to collect…
QueryStory wants you to believe what AI is telling you
As an example, an executive at a tech company recently told TechCrunch about querying…
Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them
As artificial intelligence makes it easier than ever to build websites and apps, Indian…
