Unacademy, once one of India’s most valuable edtech startups, is set to be acquired by rival upGrad in an all-stock deal. This transaction would bring together two major online learning platforms in the country. On Sunday, Unacademy co-founder and CEO…
Google closed its thirty-two billion dollar acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz this week. This marks the biggest acquisition in Google’s history, as well as the largest ever acquisition of a venture-backed startup. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast,…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. This newsletter was wrapped and ready to go when Travis Kalanick brought me back to 2016 with an eyebrow-raising announcement. Uber’s co-founder and…
You may not have heard, but Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has launched another company, his third by our count. This time his focus is on robotics. Scaringe is best known for Rivian, the electric vehicle maker that gained…
The U.S. Army announced late Friday that it has signed a 10-year contract with defense technology startup Anduril. The deal could ultimately be worth up to $20 billion. According to the announcement, the contract begins with a five-year base period,…
Apple’s new MacBook Neo isn’t just the most affordable MacBook by far. It is also the most repairable MacBook in about fourteen years, according to an in-depth teardown by the how-to website iFixit. The big story, in iFixit’s view, is…
Meta is reportedly considering major layoffs that could affect 20% or more of its workforce. These potential cuts would impact a company that employed nearly 79,000 people as of the end of last year. According to the report, these layoffs…
I understand it is not an easy time for a legacy automaker to sell electric vehicles, with incentives being reduced and Chinese automakers increasing competition. However, Honda is taking this to another level. This week, Honda ended its modest and…
In the lead up to the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada last month, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar spoke to ChatGPT about her feelings of isolation and an increasing obsession with violence, according to court filings. The chatbot allegedly validated…
Of the original eleven co-founders who launched xAI with Elon Musk three years ago, only two remain. The deep learning lab is undergoing a significant personnel overhaul as it strives to compete with rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI. Elon Musk…
