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…

Exclusive: Here’s what ‘renoa’ — the first new fiber in 25 years — feels like |

Sometimes it seems like everyone — and every occasion — demands cashmere these days. Numerous brands sell cashmere sweaters, from Brunello Cucinelli’s $7,900 cable knit…

Exclusive: Meta director Rohit Patel departs after 8 years to take on Microsoft Office Suite

After eight years developing AI for Meta, Rohit Patel is departing the company, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The former director at Meta Superintelligence Labs has…

Exclusive: Giraffe Bio aims its bespoke biomolecules at the looming copper shortage |

Between the AI data center boom and economywide electrification, the world will need a lot more copper. By 2040, copper supplies could fall 25% short…

Exclusive: Glimpse wants to give hardware companies an X-ray view of every critical part |

Recalls are no joke. Take the one that sidelined every Chevy Bolt made between 2017 and 2022: A problem at an LG battery factory caused…

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…

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…

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…

Exclusive: Meta deal will help plastics recycling startup MacroCycle build its first factory |

Plastics recycling startup MacroCycle announced a new deal with Meta on Tuesday that will help speed the development of its first commercial plant. Three-year-old MacroCycle,…