Trump fast-tracks supersonic travel, amid spate of flight-related executive orders
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Federal Aviation Administration to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil.
Read moreTechCrunch Mobility: How Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped Rivian and what Uber’s next-generation playbook looks like
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
Read moreOmada Health IPO signals healthier market, avoids ‘down-round’ trend
Omada Health popped in its first day as a public company, validation for founder CEO Sean Duffy.
Read more2025 will be a ‘pivotal year’ for Meta’s augmented and virtual reality, says CTO
Andrew "Boz" Bosworth, Meta's CTO, says 2025 will be a pivotal year for Reality Labs, the company's augmented and virtual reality unit.
Read moreWhy investing in growth-stage AI startups is getting riskier and more complicated
AI startups are reaching growth stage much faster. That's exciting, but also risky, because investors might pour millions into a company only to watch it be unseated in a few months.
Read moreAnthropic appoints a national security expert to its governing trust
Anthropic's long-term benefit trust is a governance mechanism that Anthropic claims helps it promote safety over profit, and which has the power to elect some of the company's board of directors.
Read moreAI startups continue fueling San Francisco’s office recovery
Early-stage AI startups are imbuing new life into San Francisco’s Northern Waterfront, after years of “for lease” signs dotting the post-pandemic landscape. According to the San Francisco Business Times, five AI-focused companies — four backed by Y Combinator — recently leased 23,900 square feet at the Waterfront Plaza complex. This
Read moreTesla’s Optimus robot VP is reportedly leaving the company
The head of Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot program, Milan Kovac, is leaving the company, according to Bloomberg News. The departure comes as Tesla CEO Elon Musk has claimed the company will have “thousands” of Optimus robots operating in its factories by the end of this year. “And we expect to
Read moreJony Ive’s LoveFrom helped design Rivian’s first electric bike
Lovefrom, the creative firm founded by former Apple chief designer Jony Ive, played a role in the development of Rivian’s first electric bike, according to multiple sources who spoke to TechCrunch.
Read moreGenetics testing startup Nucleus Genomics criticized for its embryo product: ‘Makes me so nauseous’
Nucleus Genomics has been courting controversy for years with products that claim to tell people how their genetics correlate to a host of complex issues, including their IQ.
Read more