Exclusive: It’s time to pull the plug on plug-in hybrids |

Plug-in hybrid vehicles are often touted as a bridge to battery-electric vehicles, promising to slash emissions by operating as EVs for short trips while relying…

Exclusive: Why investors are going gaga over solid-state transformers |

It’s no secret that the electrical grid is aging, but one part stands out from the rest. Transformers haven’t changed much since Thomas Edison made…

Exclusive: Climactic launches hybrid fund to get startups through the ‘valley of death’ |

It’s a challenge every startup faces: They’ve made a prototype and proven the thing works, but now have to sell the product and produce enough…

Exclusive: The SEC closed its investigation into Fisker |

9:48 AM PST · February 13, 2026 The Securities and Exchange Commission closed its investigation into bankrupt electric vehicle startup Fisker last September, roughly one…

Exclusive: Eclipse backs all-EV marketplace Ever in $31M funding round |

If you want to buy or sell a used EV right now, what’s the first step you’d take? A startup called Ever wants to be…

Exclusive: AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say

2:48 PM PST · February 11, 2026 Modal Labs, a startup specializing in AI inference infrastructure, is talking to VCs about a new round at…

GTT Group Announces Exclusive Divestiture of Pioneering AI Video Compression Patent Portfolio

/PRNewswire/ — Global Technology Transfer Group, Inc. (GTT Group), a global leader in patent analysis and transaction services, today announced it is exclusively representing the…

Exclusive: Apeiron Labs gets $9.5M to flood the oceans with autonomous underwater robots |

Most of what we know about the ocean just skims the surface, literally. We’ve gathered a large quantity of data on the oceans from satellites,…

Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia’s AI chips |

Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The outfit plans to use the capital to speed up…

Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia's AI chips |

Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The outfit plans to use the capital to speed up…