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…
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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…
Bloom raises $3.6M to become the ‘Alibaba’ of American manufacturing |
When Justin Kosmides co-founded Bloom in 2023, his goal was to create a savior for the mobility industry. He had seen many e-bike and e-scooter…
Exclusive: Flai’s AI dealership software is booking 50,000 appointments per month |
When Flai was raising its seed round last year, it was just a team of three people pounding the pavement to get car dealerships to…
Lucid Motors' EV output falls to lowest level in almost 2 years |
Lucid Motors built 2,954 electric vehicles (EVs) in the third quarter of this year, a 54% drop from a year ago, as the company purposely…
One year later, Tesla and Musk still don't have a good definition of 'abundance' |
On September 1, 2025, Elon Musk laid out his fourth “Master Plan” for Tesla, which was immediately criticized by some of his most ardent fans…
Exclusive: Charter Space raises $5M to bring insurance to the stars |
Charter Space, a finalist in last year’s TechCrunch Startup Battlefield, has raised a $5 million seed round to keep growing its budding space insurance business.…
Exclusive: Ex-Tesla team raises $12.5M to put supply chains on autopilot |
Supply chain startup Atomic came out of stealth last year with founders who promised to use their experience at Tesla to streamline inventory and boost…
Tesla delays Roadster 2 event again due to bad weather |
Tesla is pushing back the reveal of its redesigned, second-generation Roadster once again, this time due to a forecast of severe weather. Originally slated for…
Exclusive: Maritime intelligence startup Quartermaster raises another $140M |
Arlington, Virginia-based startup Quartermaster in May closed a $43 million Series A around its idea of using weather-hardened sensors to capture data and generate insights…