For a company named after a slow reptile, Silicon Valley startup Tortoise has made some quick pivots into new business models over the past year. Co-founded in 2019 by ex-Uber […]
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Diamond Age picks up $50M to lay the foundation for the future of houses built by robots
Hot on the heels from its $8 million fundraise just a few months ago, Diamond Age is back for a top-up, with a $50 million Series A financing to continue […]
TechCrunch+ roundup: Box unfolds a surprise, robotics pitch tips, BNPL growing pains
Swedish fintech giant Klarna was doing well before the pandemic, but today, it’s a mega-unicorn: In June 2021, it reached a $45.6 billion valuation after raising $639 million. Much of […]
Zoox acqui-hires team from robotic strawberry-picking startup, Strio.AI
Amazon-owned robotaxi firm Zoox this week announced that it has acquired Strio.AI. The Boston-based robotics startup was founded in 2020 by MIT alumns to bring autonomous picking and pruning to […]
Verdant aims to be the (robotic) king of carrot weeders
Agtech is a massive industry aching to be disrupted by robotics. It’s a big category that’s going to require a number of solutions to various problems, though lately it’s been […]
Agility Robotics and Playground Global join TechCrunch Live to speak on fundraising robotic delivery
Delivery has become one of the fastest growing verticals for robotics investments amid pandemic-related shutdowns. There’s been plenty of interest in the category over the years, but COVID-19 has accelerated […]
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What’s driving China’s autonomous vehicle frenzy?
A lot of government support, it appears Rita Liao 13 hours China’s autonomous vehicle industry first started seeing some traction around 2016, when a bunch of ambitious startups mushroomed following […]
Q5D is using robots to automate electronic wiring during manufacturing
Q5D’s proposition is a simple one: use robotics to automate the process of producing wiring harnesses for electronics. It’s one that — surprisingly — is often still executed by hand, […]