Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. A quick housekeeping note: the transportation newsletter will not run next Friday due to the Thanksgiving holiday. For our readers in the United…
Zane Shamblin never provided ChatGPT with information suggesting a negative relationship with his family. However, in the weeks before his death by suicide in July, the chatbot repeatedly encouraged the 23-year-old to keep his distance from loved ones, even as…
The Trump administration is focusing on state-level AI regulation. The president stated in a social media post this week that the industry requires one federal standard instead of a patchwork of fifty state regulatory regimes. This follows an earlier effort…
Waymo continues to expand its reach. The robotaxi company announced it is now officially authorized to drive fully autonomously across more of California. Waymo already operates in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles, as well as outside the state…
Meta is accelerating its efforts to build new power plants to supply energy for its data centers by entering the electricity trading business. According to reports, both Meta and Microsoft are seeking federal approval to trade power, a step that…
Threads and Bluesky still have quite a way to go to catch up with X in the United States, according to data from Pew Research Center’s latest report released this week. The research firm asked about these smaller services for…
Conventional wisdom suggests that climate tech is entering a winter season, where political and investor interest and investment levels are cooling. This is an ironic contrast with the climate itself, which keeps delivering years of record warmth. However, a new…
Byju Raveendran, the founder of the Indian ed-tech company Byju’s, has strongly criticized a US bankruptcy court’s order that requires him to pay more than one point zero seven billion dollars. He denies any wrongdoing and has accused the lenders…
Thomas Lee Young is not your typical Silicon Valley founder. The 24-year-old CEO of Interface, a San Francisco startup using AI to prevent industrial accidents, has a unique background. He is a white man with a Caribbean accent and a…
Sierra, a San Francisco startup that builds AI agents for enterprise customer service, has reached one hundred million dollars in annual revenue run rate. The company, which is just twenty-one months old, announced this significant milestone on Friday. This rapid…
