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| May 23, 2022 | Conan O’Brien’s Podcast Company Sells to SiriusXM in Deal Valued Around $150 Million | |
| May 1, 2020 | Smart driving assistant Automatic is shutting down | Automatic, makers of a connected car dongle, emailed customers today to announce that the company will shut down all operations May 28. The company says it’s the casualty of the COVID-19 shutdown.
“Like many other companies in the United St... |
| Sep 24, 2018 | SiriusXM to buy Pandora in acquisition valued at $3.5 billion | Subscription radio service Sirius XM Holdings Inc. will acquire streaming music firm Pandora Media Inc. in a deal valued at about $3.5 billion, the two companies said Monday.
The all-stock transaction is expected to allow SiriusXM to expand... |
| Sep 24, 2017 | SiriusXM Completes $480 Million Strategic Investment in Pandora | SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) and Pandora (NYSE: P) today announced that SiriusXM has purchased $307.5 million of Series A preferred stock in Pandora, completing the $480 million strategic investment announced on June 9, 2017.
Under the terms of ... |
| Sep 24, 2017 | SiriusXM Completes $480 Million Strategic Investment in Pandora | SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) and Pandora (NYSE: P) today announced that SiriusXM has purchased $307.5 million of Series A preferred stock in Pandora, completing the $480 million strategic investment announced on June 9, 2017.
Under the terms of ... |
| Jun 11, 2017 | SiriusXM to Make $480 Million Strategic Investment in Pandora | SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) and Pandora (NYSE: P) today announced an agreement under which SiriusXM will make a $480 million strategic cash investment in Pandora.
Under the terms of the agreement, a subsidiary of SiriusXM will purchase an aggre... |
| Jun 11, 2017 | SiriusXM to Make $480 Million Strategic Investment in Pandora | SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) and Pandora (NYSE: P) today announced an agreement under which SiriusXM will make a $480 million strategic cash investment in Pandora.
Under the terms of the agreement, a subsidiary of SiriusXM will purchase an aggre... |
| May 1, 2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, May 1 | STARWOOD-IFICATION OF REAL ESTATE
Increasingly, venture investors view real estate as the next industry to be transformed by disruptive technology. But as they start investing in the category, they might find that traditional real estate in... |
| May 1, 2017 | Sirius XM Acquires Automatic | Radio company Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) acquired Automatic, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of connected vehicle data and analytics solutions for consumers and enterprises.
The financial terms of the transaction were not dis... |
| Apr 27, 2017 | SiriusXM Acquires Comcast-backed Automatic Labs | SiriusXM today announced the acquisition of Automatic Labs Inc. (Automatic), a San Francisco-based provider of connected vehicle services for consumers and enterprises.
Automatic's data-driven platform enables vehicle owners to be safer and... |
| Apr 27, 2017 | SiriusXM Acquires Comcast-backed Automatic Labs | SiriusXM today announced the acquisition of Automatic Labs Inc. (Automatic), a San Francisco-based provider of connected vehicle services for consumers and enterprises.
Automatic's data-driven platform enables vehicle owners to be safer and... |
| Apr 27, 2017 | SiriusXM acquires connected car company Automatic for over $100M | SiriusXM has acquired Automatic, the maker of the Automatic Pro and Automatic Lite connected car OBD-II port accessories. The deal is acknowledged by SiriusXM CFO David Frear to be worth a little north of $100 million, and SiriusXM and Auto... |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Wanna hack your car? Macchina is a plug-and-vroom solution | You can hack your IKEA furniture to be more awesome. You can hack video games to make your fellow gamers hate your guts. And with the help of Macchina — now on Kickstarter — you can teach your car a few new tricks, too. What could possibly ... |
| Feb 22, 2017 | How a personal assistant in your car will help you drive better | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In the future, your car will become more like a p... |
| Dec 19, 2016 | Best Amazon Alexa Devices: Gadgets To Make The Most Out Of The Virtual Assistant | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 19 December 2016, 04:12 pm
Amazon's Echo Dot, a hands-free voice-controlled Alexa-enabled device, has enjoyed pretty rave reviews upon its release, simply because the device, a minute puck-shaped plaything, is far m... |
| Nov 30, 2016 | The connected car and another fragmented market | Ben Schippers Contributor
Ben Schippers is a co-founder of HappyFunCorp.
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A modest proposal to make apps suck less
The technology industry needs to think more seriously about device addiction
As any new industr... |
| Oct 21, 2016 | From Automatic to Zumper: SF Startups Launch Apps, Raise Cash | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Tech startup founders are convinced that any human experience can be duplicated—or improved—by translating it into an app. A flurry of Bay Area startups inspired by this creed... |
| Oct 20, 2016 | Automatic launches a new lower cost connected car adapter | Automatic went for a more expensive, but more full-featured offering with the 3G-enabled Automatic Pro earlier this year, but the new Automatic Lite delivers a more affordable connected car device with Bluetooth connectivity, at a lower pri... |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 12 awesome tech items to pump up work and play | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Whatever you’re doing — whether it’s getting some... |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 12 awesome tech items to pump up work and play | Whatever you’re doing — whether it’s getting some business-related tasks done or trying to get the most out of your weekend or family trip — gear makers have developed some devices that will give you a helping hand in the office, at home, o... |
| Aug 17, 2016 | Automatic Pro Adds Connectivity To Your Car, Fuels Data Revolution | Today, San Francisco based Automatic is unveiling the next generation of their product, Automatic Pro. Their newest offering will include built-in 3G connectivity, with no subscription cost, to keep people always connected to their cars. Pr... |
| Aug 17, 2016 | Automatic Pro adds unlimited 3G to connected car gadget | The race for aftermarket smarts in your car is heating up, and Automatic is delivering an always-on 3G data connection as its move to race ahead of the competition. The Automatic Pro dongle, which plugs into the OBD-II port used for diagnos... |
| Aug 7, 2016 | Onboard diagnostics will connect cars to the Internet of Things | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
For as long as I’ve owned a car, I’ve always been... |
| Aug 7, 2016 | Onboard diagnostics will connect cars to the Internet of Things | For as long as I’ve owned a car, I’ve always been interested in extracting data from it.
One of my earliest experiments involved using a paperclip to complete a connection between a red wire and a green wire beneath my dashboard so that dia... |
| Jun 8, 2016 | Tech.Co’s Guide to Father’s Day Gadgets and Tech | Each June on the third Sunday of the month we gather ‘round the bacon tree, tell tales of how strong our fathers are, and then share what can only be called the worst genre of jokes on the planet: dad jokes. It’s also entirely possible that... |
| May 13, 2016 | Automatic lays off 28% of its workforce, aims for profitability in 2017 | Automatic is laying off 24 of its employees, which equates to about 28 percent of its workforce. The connected car platform company said that the layoffs are distributed across the organization, impacting those in engineering, support, qual... |
| May 13, 2016 | Automatic lays off 28% of its workforce, aims for profitability in 2017 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Automatic is laying off 24 of its employees, which equates to about 28 percent of its workforce. The connected car platform company sai... |
| May 7, 2016 | The future of connected cars: already a million miles a day | Google, Tesla, and even Toyota have promised a self-driving car. In essence, that implies that cars will be connected to the cloud and a specific network that helps people stay safe while getting to and from their destinations—automatically... |
| Mar 18, 2016 | Amazon Echo meets Automatic, attempts to make your car smarter | It seems every product hitting the market these days is touted to be smart, with the catch-phrase Internet of Things being thrown around everywhere. While there have been security issues in this new product line, there are also some really ... |
| Mar 18, 2016 | How autonomous cars could redefine our society | AUSTIN, TX –Like CES, South by Southwest 2016 was awash in panels and talks about connected and autonomous cars. Legislators, consultants, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs and politicians all weighed in on the potential impact of autonom... |
| Sep 19, 2015 | Here’s what IoT will do for transportation | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The Internet of Things (IoT) is dramatically acce... |
| Sep 19, 2015 | Here’s what IoT will do for transportation | The Internet of Things (IoT) is dramatically accelerating the pace of innovation in the transportation industry—especially the cars and trucks we drive every day. And when you apply the laws that have been driving technology innovation for ... |
| Sep 19, 2015 | Ford Brings In-Vehicle Notifications And Sensor Access To Its Sync AppLink Developer Platform | Ford is holding its annual developer conference in tandem with the TechCrunch Disrupt SF Hackathon this weekend and ahead of the event, the company announced an update to its Sync AppLink developer platform.
AppLink, which allows smartphone... |
| Sep 17, 2015 | Introducing Disrupt TV Live From Disrupt SF | We’re just a week away from TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015, and the TechCrunch video team has a packed schedule: broadcasting interviews, updates and all sorts of other great startup action live from the exhibit hall floor.
Disrupt TV kicked of... |
| Aug 12, 2015 | Mojio Launches Apps And Services Marketplace For Its Connected Car Platform | Mojio, a connected car platform based around a small, Internet-connected device you plug into your car’s OBD port, is launching an app and services store for its platform today. The new Mojio Drive will feature 20 apps and services that ran... |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Automatic Labs Raises $24M in Series B Funding | Automatic Labs, a San Francisco-based connected car platform, raised $24m in Series B funding.
Backers included CDK Global, USAA, Comcast Ventures.Y Combinator, RPM Ventures, Anthemis Group, Amicus Capital, and angel investors Mark Goines, ... |
| Jun 25, 2015 | Automatic Raises $24M Series B Round |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Automatic Labs, the company bringing the power of connectivity and apps to every car on the road, today announced $24 million in Series B funding.
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| Jun 25, 2015 | Automatic parks $24M to connect your car | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
You might not want a connected home, but the bene... |
| Jun 25, 2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. On-demand delivery startup Postmates now valued at more than $400M after $80M raise
As its competitors flounder, on-demand d... |
| Jun 25, 2015 | USAA Leads $24 Million Round For Connected Car Platform Automatic | Automatic, the connected car platform whose sensor and app combination is sometimes referred to as a “Fitbit for your car,” announced this morning $24 million in Series B funding, led by the investment arm at USAA, a top insurance and finan... |
| Jun 25, 2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| Jun 25, 2015 | Automatic parks $24M to connect your car | You might not want a connected home, but the benefits of a connected car are clear.
Automatic Labs, a company that creates adapters to monitor your car, announced today that it raised $24 million in a series B round led by USAA, CDK Global,... |
| May 19, 2015 | Automatic Launches Its SDK, Turning The Car Into An App Platform | Automatic, a startup whose sensor-and-software combo has been described as “Fitbit for your car,” is today rolling out a software development kit and new hardware that turn your car into a platform for apps.
The company has partnered with m... |
| May 17, 2015 | Why Today’s Automobile Industry Looks A Lot Like IBM in 1985 | Tien Tzuo Contributor
Tien Tzuo is the CEO of Zuora.
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Large CPGs are under attack by startups… and consumers are winning
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| Mar 24, 2015 | Connected Car Platform Mojio Raises $8M Series A Round Led By Telekom Capital | Mojio, the Vancouver, Canada-based connected car platform, today announced that it has raised an $8 million Series A round led by Telekom Capital, the investment arm of Deutsche Telekom. This marks Telekom Capital’s first investment from it... |
| Feb 5, 2015 | Connected car device aims to help drivers avoid becoming a statistic | Buy an expensive ride these days, and it’s no doubt packed with an array of sensors, screens, cameras, and other built-in technology. But if you’re still driving an old beater or you’ve recently bought something basic, a new gadget may help... |
| Feb 5, 2015 | Connected car device aims to help drivers avoid becoming a statistic | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Buy an expensive ride these days, and it’s no doubt packed with an array of sensors, screens, cameras, and other built-in technology. B... |
| Jan 13, 2015 | Verizon Vehicle can turn any junker into a connected car | Verizon is bringing fancy diagnostics and the Internet to almost any car already on the road.
At the North American International Auto Show, Verizon announced Verizon Vehicle, an aftermarket connected car service that works with any car mod... |
| Oct 27, 2014 | Automatic Launches License+, A Coaching Program For Teen Drivers And Their Parents | The first few months — or years, really – of being a new driver can be a nerve-wracking experience for teens and, of course, their parents. Young drivers are still developing their skills, and likely to make mistakes not only related to how... |
| Jun 24, 2014 | With A Series Of Upgrades, Dash Becomes A Viable Competitor Among Smart Driving Apps | Dash, a smart driving app that’s something of a “Fitbit for you car,” is now rolling out a series of updates, including integration with notifications platform IFTTT, as well as an API for third-party developers, and more. The company has a... |
| Jun 3, 2014 | Smart Driving Assistant Comes To Android With Safety-Focused “Do Not Disturb” And Crash Alert Features | Automatic, the smart driving assistant that combines a small hardware device that plugs in your car and a mobile app that provides drivers with data about their vehicle and their driving habits, is now available on Android. Previously an iO... |
| Apr 11, 2014 | iOS App Driving Curve Is A Fitness Tracker For Your Car | iOS app Driving Curve is an easy way to track your driving performance without having to fiddle with additional devices.
Some high-profile driving apps, like Automatic, a Y Combinator alum and Techstars-backed Dash, offer their own hardware... |
| Mar 5, 2014 | How To Tap Into Your Car’s Computer—And Why You Might Not Want To | ReadWriteDrive is an ongoing series covering the future of transportation.
Most people know that today’s cars and trucks utilize multiple onboard computer systems. But many drivers are less aware that all cars built after 1996 have a 16-pin... |
| Feb 26, 2014 | Connected Car App Automatic Gets Even Smarter With IFTTT Integration | Automatic’s driving assistant, which combines a small hardware device with a mobile application in order to track, analyze, and even potentially improve your driving capabilities, is getting a whole lot smarter today with new support for IF... |
| Feb 24, 2014 | Bionym Takes Top Honours in Prestigious Bluetooth® Breakthrough Awards | Category Winners Use Intelligent, Power-Efficient Bluetooth Smart Technology to Make Everyday “Things” Better, Smarter
BARCELONA, SPAIN – February 24, 2014 – Last night, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the overall winne... |
| Jan 28, 2014 | Automatic’s Smart Driving Assistant Can Now Turn Your Car Into An iBeacon | Automatic‘s smart driving assistant, which combines a small piece of hardware with powerful mobile apps, was designed to provide vehicle owners with new tools to understand how they can get more out of their car’s performance. Well, it rece... |
| Jan 28, 2014 | Automatic’s (YC S11) Smart Driving Assistant Can Now Turn Your Car Into An iBeacon | Automatic‘s smart driving assistant, which combines a small piece of hardware with powerful mobile apps, was designed to provide vehicles owners with new tools to understand how they can get more out of their car’s performance. Well, it rec... |
| Jan 25, 2014 | Dash’s Smart Driving App – A “Fitbit For Cars” – Arrives On Android | Dash, a Techstars New York-backed startup that wants to be like a Fitbit for your car, has now launched. The product includes a combination of a hardware device and smartphone application which offers real-time feedback on your driving, tri... |
| Jan 12, 2014 | The Automobile As A Consumer Mobile Frontier | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
I’ve never been to CES before, but it’s hard to escape the flurry of noisy t... |
| Jan 5, 2014 | A Passive Yet Potentially Aggressive Mobile App Strategy | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Yes, we all know…If you’re reading TechCrunch, there’s a great chance we all... |
| Nov 25, 2013 | Automatic’s Smart Driving Assistant Comes To Amazon So It’s Easier To Boost Your Ride’s IQ | Automatic, the smart driving startup that builds an accessory for just about any vehicle, is expanding its list of retail partners beyond Apple thanks to a new deal with Amazon. That means the car will be available to a whole new group of c... |
| Oct 23, 2013 | Automatic (YC S11) Now Available in Apple Retail and Online Stores | Automatic (YC S11) announced today that the Automatic Link is now available in more than 250 Apple retail stores nationwide, and on the Apple Online Store. The Link retails for $99.95, and the app and service are free.
New to Automatic?
A... |
| Oct 18, 2013 | Automatic Link Review Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Realtime Driving Feedback | I have something to get off my chest: I live in New Jersey, so by definition that makes me a “Jersey driver”. I’ve never thought of myself as the sort of manically aggressive road warrior that befits the stereotype (and I’d argue that Penns... |
| Oct 18, 2013 | Automatic Link (YC S11) reviewed in TechCrunch: "Worth the asking price." | I have something to get off my chest: I live in New Jersey, so by definition that makes me a “Jersey driver”. I’ve never thought of myself as the sort of manically aggressive road warrior that befits the stereotype (and I’d argue that Penns... |
| Oct 18, 2013 | Automatic Link (YC S11) reviewed in TechCrunch: “Worth the asking price.” | I have something to get off my chest: I live in New Jersey, so by definition that makes me a “Jersey driver”. I’ve never thought of myself as the sort of manically aggressive road warrior that befits the stereotype (and I’d argue that Penns... |
| Aug 29, 2013 | Zendrive Raises $1.5M From First Round, Jerry Yang, Max Levchin, Tim Ferris And Others To Use Big Data To Fix Driving | Zendrive, a startup that aims to make driving better by using data from smartphone sensors, today announced that it has raised $1.5 million from a group of backers including First Round Capital, Max Levchin, Jerry Yang, Tim Ferriss and “man... |
| Jun 18, 2013 | After Google’s Waze buy, here’s what’s next for connected cars | Alex Salkever is global product manager of M2M solutions at Telefónica Digital.
Intelligent cars are a hot topic in Silicon Valley. Around here, rather than ogle at celebrities, we ogle at Google’s self-driving cars.
And it’s not Google. Ma... |
| Apr 10, 2013 | YC-Backed Backlift Launches A Back-End Service For Front-End Developers | Backlift, a Y Combinator-backed startup that’s launching today, describes itself as a back-end service for front-end developers. The service takes all of the work of setting up a server environment out of the equation and just lets front-en... |
| Mar 13, 2013 | This Little Device Will Radically Reinvent Your Driving Experience | Screenshot Automatic is the latest startup to garner loads of attention. CNBC's Jon Fortt even tweeted that it's the "biggest idea [he's] seen since the iPhone."
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| Mar 13, 2013 | This Little Device Will Radically Reinvent Your Driving Experience | Screenshot Automatic is the latest startup to garner loads of attention. CNBC's Jon Fortt even tweeted that it's the "biggest idea [he's] seen since the iPhone."
Here's what the company's all about.
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| Mar 12, 2013 | With Mobile Apps And Hardware, YC-Backed Automatic Launches To Help You Get More Out Of Your Car | People spend a ton of money on their cars every year, from car payments to insurance to gas to maintenance. But for such expensive assets, most people normally don’t know a whole lot about what’s happening under the hood, or how they can dr... |
| Mar 12, 2013 | Automatic (YC S11) connects to your car's data port, lets you see everything about your car and driving patterns | People spend a ton of money on their cars every year, from car payments to insurance to gas to maintenance. But for such expensive assets, most people normally don’t know a whole lot about what’s happening under the hood, or how they can dr... |
| Mar 12, 2013 | Automatic (YC S11) connects to your car’s data port, lets you see everything about your car and driving patterns | People spend a ton of money on their cars every year, from car payments to insurance to gas to maintenance. But for such expensive assets, most people normally don’t know a whole lot about what’s happening under the hood, or how they can dr... |
| Dec 21, 2011 | KISWOK to invest Rs 45 cr on automatic moulding line | Kolkata-headquartered KISWOK Industries Pvt Ltd – one of the largest manufacturers of ductile and cast iron products – will invest Rs 45 crore to set up an automatic moulding line and double its production capacity to 7,000 million tonnes a... |
| Американский стартап Automatic позволяет экономить на бензине с помощью iPhone | Американский стартап Automatic позволяет экономить на бензине с помощью iPhone
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