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: […]
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 […]
Here are this year’s top 40 startups at Station F
Every year, hundreds of (very) early stage startups choose to participate in one of the startup programs of Station F, an iconic startup campus based in Paris. And […]
Amazon brings its home robot to businesses
In an acknowledgement that cracking the home robotics market is hard, Amazon is bringing its Astro robot to a decidedly more corporate audience. The company today announced Astro […]
Robotics Q&A: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson
Johnson-Roberson is one of those double threats who offers insight from two different — and important — perspectives. In addition to his long academic career, which most recently […]
This week in AI: OpenAI plays for keeps with GPTs
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in […]
AI robotics’ ‘GPT moment’ is near
Peter Chen Contributor Peter Chen is CEO and co-founder of Covariant, the world’s leading AI robotics company. Before founding Covariant, Peter was a research scientist at OpenAI and […]
Moving on from SBF trial with Circle IPO rumors, a massive new crypto fund and sanctions
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe […]
Robotics funding saw another dip in 2023
In 2021, robotics startups were flying high. Unlike other categories that had buckled under the strains of a global pandemic, interest in automation was at an all-time high, […]
Why this autonomous vehicle veteran joined a legged robotics startup
Zhang Li‘s career path has looked like a bellwether for China’s tech trends. When the Cisco veteran joined WeRide in 2018, the Chinese autonomous vehicle company was less […]