Berlin-based climate startup ecoworks is using digital technologies, AI and industrial robots to tackle a huge and critical problem: Energy inefficient buildings. Around three-quarters of buildings in Europe […]
Verve Motion raises $20M to grow its exosuit business
Verve Motion, a startup building a robotic “exosuit” designed to help workers complete physically demanding tasks in factories and other like environments, today announced that it raised $20 […]
Procurement software startup Pivot raises $21.6 million just a few months after its creation
French startup Pivot is an interesting startup story as it is scaling at a rapid pace even though startup investments are down in Europe. After raising a $5.3 […]
Microsoft’s climate fund backs sustainable jet fuel company Dimensional Energy
The increasing need to reduce carbon emissions drives many industries, including airlines and transportation, to seek sustainable alternatives to meet emission reduction targets and fulfill corporate social responsibility […]
5 ways AI changed the internet in 2023
A roundup of all the ways ChatGPT and other generative AI models shaped the internet in 2023.
Robotics Q&A with Boston Dynamics’ Aaron Saunders
For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates. Part 1: […]
Astonishing deep sea giant just filmed by scientists
Ocean scientists captured stunning footage of a rarely seen giant phantom jelly in Costa Rican waters, and posted the footage of this deep sea creature online.
Kiss Is Retiring And Being Replaced With Metaverse Avatars
On December 2, rock legends Kiss played a final live show as part of their farewell tour. But before they called it a day, the make-up-wearing rockers made one final, vague announcement: They said they would live on forever as digital avatars…somewhere. Probably.
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Today’s AI funding rush reminds me of the fintech investing hype of 2021
It turns out that the massive $642 million round that U.S.-based GPU compute provider CoreWeave just closed was a secondary transaction. I can’t summon a better news event […]
Rightbot, which is developing robots to unload freight, lands investment from Amazon
Rightbot, a startup developing suction-based robots that can unload truck-transported freight in a range of sizes, has raised $6.25 million in a funding round led by Amazon’s Industrial […]