UK-based autonomous vehicle startup Wayve started life as a software platform loaded into a tiny electric ‘car’ called a Renault Twizy. Festooned with cameras, the company’s co-founders and […]
OpenAI-backed Ghost Autonomy shuts down
Ghost Autonomy, a startup working on autonomous driving software for automaker partners, has shut down, TechCrunch has learned. The startup, which had raised nearly $220 million, posted a […]
Women in AI: Kate Devlin of King’s College is researching AI and intimacy
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve […]
Picogrid scores new funding to connect the military’s stovepipe systems
Autonomous systems have become essential to military operations around the world, but there’s almost no infrastructure available to unify these systems at scale. As a result, operators in […]
VC Trae Stephens says he has a bunker (and much more) in talk about Founders Fund and Anduril
Last night, for an evening hosted by StrictlyVC, this editor sat down with Trae Stephens, a former government intelligence analyst turned early Palantir employee turned investor at Founders […]
The Apple Car that never was: A timeline
Apple’s secretive car project died without ever seeing the light of day. It’s a fitting end, considering we’ve collectively spent the last decade aware of it without really […]
Rabbit’s Jesse Lyu hops into StrictlyVC LA on February 29
We’re announcing an exciting addition to our speaker lineup for StrictlyVC Los Angeles on February 29. Jesse Lyu, founder and CEO of rabbit Inc., will be joining us […]
Join StrictlyVC in Los Angeles the night of February 29
Our StrictlyVC event is coming to Los Angeles! Our ultimate insider salon — think classic cocktail party with killer content — takes place on February 29. You’ll hear […]
OpenAI removes military and warfare prohibitions from its policies
OpenAI has overhauled its usage policies, including an unannounced change to its prohibitions on military and warfare applications of its technology.
Will 2024 (finally) be the year of the autonomous vehicle?
Anthony Levandowski Contributor Anthony Levandowski is a founding father of AI-powered autonomy. He’s the co-founder and CEO of Pronto, an autonomous-driving and safety technology company that is helping […]