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…

Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting |

Lindsey Elliott is big into bolts. At last year’s Bolting Symposium — the 13th annual — she said the highlight was playing Bolting Bingo against…

Modal Motors is trying to cut China out of electric motors entirely |

Lately, it seems like everyone is talking about bringing manufacturing back to the United States, especially when it comes to hard tech like drones and…