Cruise executives are taking a measured business approach that preserves cash and improves safety culture in an attempt to put GM’s troubled autonomous vehicle subsidiary on the right […]
Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt resigns
Kyle Vogt, the serial entrepreneur who co-founded and led Cruise from a startup in a garage through its acquisition and ownership by General Motors, has resigned, according to […]
Cruise’s mea culpa and everything that stood out at the LA Auto Show
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OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, Airbnb acquires GamePlanner.AI, and Epic battles Google over antitrust
Howdy, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that recaps the major tech industry happenings over the past week (or so). Microsoft’s Ignite conference, where […]
Who knows what GamePlanner does, but Airbnb just bought the company
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. One of the most interesting stories on the site this week — both […]
GM absorbs commercial EV unit BrightDrop, CEO is out
BrightDrop, the commercial EV subsidiary of General Motors that launched in 2021, is being swallowed up by its parent company. GM said Thursday that BrightDrop — a “startup” […]
Cruise suspends employee stock program, corp bonuses moved up
Cruise, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors, told staff Thursday via email that the employee share-selling program for the fourth quarter is suspended, following an incident that […]
The Wild West of robotaxis: Will Texas be a regulatory haven or chaos unleashed?
All eyes might be on the California robotaxi market, but Texas is the one shaping up to be the next hot testbed of the technology — and regulatory […]
Venmo Groups makes it easier to split the bill
A new feature from Venmo makes dividing expenses easier, directly competing with apps like Splitwise.
GM inserts exec at Cruise as safety review expands, manual self driving paused
General Motors is taking a more active role in shaping the safety culture at Cruise, following a string of incidents that prompted California regulators to suspend permits that […]