Ford and SK On are ending their U.S. battery joint venture

Four years ago, Ford and South Korean battery maker SK On formed a joint venture, pledging to spend $11.4 billion to build factories in Tennessee and Kentucky. These plants were intended to produce batteries for the next generation of electric…

TIME names ‘Architects of AI’ its Person of the Year

Each December, TIME Magazine names a Person of the Year, an individual or group who has most influenced the news and the world, for better or worse. Last year, TIME chose President Donald Trump for the second time. The previous…

Interest in Spoor’s bird monitoring AI software is soaring

Spoor launched in 2021 with the goal of using computer vision to help reduce the impact of wind turbines on local bird populations. Now, the startup has proven its technology works and is seeing demand from wind farms and beyond.…

Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage

Spotify is widely known for music streaming, but it also has a popular developer tool side project called Backstage. Backstage is an open source project that helps companies build their own internal developer portals. These portals catalog developer tools, provide…