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Tesla shareholders vote yes again to approve Elon Musk’s $56B pay plan
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has secured enough shareholder votes to have his 2018 stock option compensation package approved. Shareholders also approved the company’s decision to re-incorporate of Tesla […]
DEI backlash: Stay up-to-date on the latest legal and corporate challenges
The Great Rollback is here. The phrase refers to Big Tech starting to slash some of the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that were implemented shortly after […]
DEI backlash: Stay up-to-date on the latest legal and corporate challenges
The Great Rollback is here. The phrase refers to Big Tech starting to slash some of the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that were implemented shortly after […]
Berlin-based trawa raises €10M to use AI to make buying renewable energy easier for SMEs
The brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 took businesses that depended on oil and gas energy by surprise. Suddenly, renewable energy became crucial to survival. […]
Women in AI: Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick wants to pass more AI legislation
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch has been publishing a series of interviews focused on remarkable women who’ve […]
Bay Bridge Ventures is raising $200M for a new climate fund, filings show
Climate investor Bay Bridge Ventures is raising a new $200 million fund, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Bay Bridge filed paperwork Monday for the new climate fund with the […]
Evolution Equity Partners raises $1.1B for new cybersecurity and AI fund
Cybersecurity has had a rough go of it lately, with investment in the sector dropping a precipitous 40% compared to the year prior. But there are promising early, […]
Rubrik’s IPO filing reveals an AI governance committee. Get used to it.
Tucked into Rubrik’s IPO filing this week — between the parts about employee count and cost statements — was a nugget that reveals how the data management company […]
New Summit is raising a new $100 million fund to back climate tech and underrepresented fund managers
New Summit Investments is raising a new $100 million impact fund, according to documents filed with the SEC. The hefty new fund, should it be raised, will let […]