Lyft shares pop, then plop, as it predicts slow and steady growth
Lyft made less money per active rider in the second quarter — something that might normally give investors pause. Yet, the ride-hailing giant’s stock price...
So your startup’s runway is dwindling and fundraising is hard. What’s next?
The concept of having a runway has its own set of maxims for startup founders. Investors we’ve interviewed generally agree that a successful fundraise should...
Kenyan logistics startup Sendy shuts down, embarks on asset sale
Sendy, a Kenyan logistics scale-up that enabled retailers to purchase FMCGs directly from manufacturers, among other services, is shutting down its operations and exploring a...
YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’ is turned off
YouTube announced Tuesday that its newest update disables all its video recommendations for users who have their watch history turned off, solving an arguably annoying...
Firefly debuts Elytra orbital transfer vehicle line, with first mission planned for 2024
Firefly Aerospace debuted a line of orbital vehicles called Elytra on Tuesday, as it looks to become an end-to-end mission services provider for commercial and...
5 lessons robotics founders can learn from the AV industry
Sanjay Aggarwal Contributor Throughout the late 2010s and early 2020s, the autonomous vehicle industry captured the imagination of the startup community and the public. However,...
Cruise inches into Waymo’s territory in the Phoenix area
Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, has expanded its robotaxi radius in the Phoenix area by 20x as it seeks to compete with Alphabet-owned...
TechCrunch+ Roundup: How VCs spot liars, venture debt basics, getting legal help (without going broke)
Social app IRL shut down in June, but SoftBank — which led the platform’s $170 million Series C in 2021 — is now suing the...
These robotics companies are hiring
I certainly wouldn’t go so far as to say the robotics industry is recession-proof, but it’s remained remarkably stable through a turbulent few years of...
Nvidia teams up with Hugging Face to offer cloud-based AI training
Nvidia is partnering with Hugging Face, the AI startup, to expand access to AI compute. Timed to coincide with the annual SIGGRAPH conference this week,...