In Brief Posted: 9:52 AM PST · November 5, 2026 Electric truck startup Harbinger has raised a $240 million Series D funding round as it…
Author: Sean O'Kane
Exclusive: Rivian spinout Also was working on an e-moto project in Kenya — until it walked away
Also, the micromobility startup spun out of Rivian in 2025, quietly started and then walked away from an electric two-wheeler pilot project in Kenya earlier…
Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B |
Re:Build, the Massachusetts-based manufacturing accelerator that spun out EV startup Slate Auto in 2023, has raised $2.1 billion The company said Tuesday that it will…
Tesla turns to Turo to boost adoption of Full Self-Driving (Supervised) |
Car rental giant Turo will start advertising which Teslas on its marketplace are outfitted with the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system, Full Self-Driving (Supervised) —…
Mach9 raises $34M after pivoting to AI CAD software |
When Alex Baikovitz co-founded Mach9 Robotics in 2021, his goal was to build a better, faster, and cheaper way for civil engineers to do visual…
Rivian's CEO says autonomy will enable 'dramatically different' vehicle designs |
Rivian is going full steam ahead on developing autonomous vehicle software for its EVs, to the point that it is willing to delay profitability. Founder…
Musk pledges to give 'every kid in America' one of his SpaceX shares |
5:42 AM PDT · October 19, 2026 Elon Musk claims he will give one of his SpaceX shares to “every kid in America” in 2027,…
AI agents are coming to Rivian's cars |
Rivian recently rolled out an AI assistant that lets drivers and passengers interact with the company’s electric vehicles just by talking to them. But the…
Tesla reveals SpaceX-powered Roadster that flies and falls with style |
Tesla just revealed its redesigned second-generation Roadster with SpaceX thrusters, a vehicle CEO Elon Musk has called “the best of the last of the human-driven…
And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026 is: Intero Biosystems |
For three days this week in San Francisco, 20 eager startups participated in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The top 20 were chosen…