Travis Kalanick’s robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben Horowitz will join the company’s board following…
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Exclusive: Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service |
Sheryl Sandberg has led a $10 million investment into Self Inspection, a San Diego-based startup that is also backed by former Tesla president Jon McNeill’s…
This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car |
Selling a car is a pain. You can take the easy route and use services like Carvana, but you may wind up with thousands of…
Slate Auto’s radically simple electric truck starts at $24,950 |
Slate Auto, the EV startup backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, has finally revealed the starting price of its electric truck: $24,950. That’s excluding taxes, title,…
Exclusive: Anker-backed Evotrex raises $30M to build its off-grid RV |
Evotrex has been around for just two years, but the startup is already planning to build and sell its first hybrid RV travel trailers next…
Exclusive: Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts |
Before Zack Eakin sold investors on his new startup, he practiced on Palmer Luckey. When Eakin left Luckey’s defense startup, Anduril, in 2024 to start…
This startup raised $43M to build a hive mind for ships |
Oceans — to state the obvious — are big. That makes it hard for governments, shipping companies, and insurance providers to know exactly what’s happening…
Quartermaster is building a maritime hive mind |
Oceans — to state the obvious — are big. That makes it hard for governments, shipping companies, and insurance providers to know exactly what’s happening…
Uber partner Avride is under investigation for self-driving crashes |
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into Avride, a robotaxi company that has partnered with Uber, after identifying more than…
Lucid Motors doesn't know how many EVs it will build this year |
3:31 PM PDT · May 5, 2026 Lucid Motors said Tuesday that it’s no longer sure how many EVs it will build or sell this…