| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.11.2024 | The Road Ahead: Understanding ADAS and Autonomous Driving | The automotive landscape is shifting. Two major players are steering this change: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving technology. Both promise to enhance safety and transform the driving experience, but they do ... |
| 05.11.2024 | ADAS vs Autonomous Driving: What’s the Difference? | Share
Tweet
Share
Share
Email
Adas vs autonomous driving are two major innovations transforming the automotive world. While both aim to improve safety and the driving experience, they serve different purposes: ADAS supports drivers with fea... |
| 25.10.2024 | Alphabet's Waymo closes $5.6 billion funding to expand autonomous ride-hailing service | Alphabet's self-driving unit, Waymo, said on Friday it had closed a $5.6 billion funding round led by the Google parent, as it looks to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service.
Automakers and technology companies are investing in autonom... |
| 14.10.2024 | Tesla Cybercab design puzzles experts | Tesla’s reveal of a robo-taxi designed as a low-slung, two-seater, sporty coupe — quite the opposite of a typical taxi with room for several passengers and luggage — has flummoxed investors and analysts.
CEO Elon Musk served up the cool des... |
| 12.10.2024 | Tesla's sporty, two-seater robotaxi design puzzles experts | Autos & TransportationADAS, AV & Safety
EV Battery
Sustainable & EV Supply Chain
Tesla's sporty, two-seater robotaxi design puzzles experts
By Abhirup Roy and Chris KirkhamOctober 12, 202410:05 AM UTCUpdated ago
Text
Small Text
... |
| 11.10.2024 | Tesla CEO Musk unveils much-awaited robotaxi, seen as key to long-term growth | Tesla CEO Elon Musk showcased a long-promised robotaxi with two gull-wing doors and without a steering wheel or pedals at a much-hyped event on Thursday (Oct 10), paving the path for what he has bet will drive long-term growth for the elect... |
| 11.10.2024 | Meet the Tesla Cybercab, Elon Musk’s autonomous robo-taxi | The Tesla Cybercab
Tesla CEO Elon Musk showcased a two-door robo-taxi with gull-wing doors and no steering wheel or pedals at a much-hyped event on Thursday, sticking to long-held promises of autonomous cars driving long-term growth at the ... |
| 04.10.2024 | Alphabet's Waymo to expand robotaxi fleet with Hyundai EVs | Autos & TransportationAlphabet's Waymo to expand robotaxi fleet with Hyundai EVs
By Abhirup RoyOctober 4, 202410:02 AM UTCUpdated ago
Text
Small Text
Medium Text
Large Text
Share
X
Facebook
Linkedin
Email
Link
A Waymo rider-only robotax... |
| 07.08.2024 | Waymo to expand autonomous ride-hailing service areas in Los Angeles, San Francisco | Alphabet's Waymo is expanding its autonomous ride-hailing service areas in San Francisco and Los Angeles to cater to growing demand from customers, the company said on Tuesday.
The announcement comes as rivals such as General Motors and Ama... |
| 06.08.2024 | Waymo to expand autonomous ride-hailing service areas in Los Angeles, San Francisco | Autos & TransportationADAS, AV & Safety
Software-Defined Vehicle
Manufacturing
Sustainable & EV Supply Chain
Waymo to expand autonomous ride-hailing service areas in Los Angeles, San Francisco
By ReutersAugust 6, 20247:55 PM UTC... |
| 01.08.2024 | Anyscale Names Industry Veteran Keerti Melkote Chief Executive Officer | Anyscale, the company behind Ray, the open source framework for scalable AI, named industry veteran Keerti Melkote as chief executive officer following a year of 4x revenue growth and explosive open source adoption.
Melkote brings extensive... |
| 18.07.2024 | Baidu Selects Hesai as Exclusive Long-Range Lidar Provider for Next-Generation Robotaxis | PALO ALTO, Calif., July 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hesai Technology (Nasdaq: HSAI), the global leader in lidar safety technology for automotive and robotics applications, announced that they have been selected by Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) to... |
| 27.06.2024 | The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business Present 7th Annual Women|Future Conference Taking Place Virtually on July 23 | Join the 7th annual Women|Future Conference on July 23 to connect, learn, and network with successful women entrepreneurs and Stevie® Award-winning business leaders.
The Stevie® Awards, the world's premier business awards, proudly present t... |
| 26.06.2024 | Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing service now available to all in San Francisco | Alphabet's Waymo said on Tuesday its autonomous ride-hailing service, Waymo One, is now available to everyone in San Francisco, nearly four years after a similar move in Phoenix, Arizona.
Driverless vehicles are expected to drive commercial... |
| 25.06.2024 | Waymo Launches Driverless Ride-Hailing Service in San Francisco | By Aldohn Domingo
Published Jun 25, 2024 9:44PM EDT
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket
Waymo is officially launching Waymo One in San Francisco, the robotaxi service, whic... |
| 13.06.2024 | US agency seeks answers from Waymo in self-driving vehicle probe | WASHINGTON :The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday it is seeking additional details about a series incidents that raise concerns about the performance of Alphabet's Waymo self-driving vehicles.
In May, the U.S. au... |
| 10.06.2024 | Amazon Releases Preview of Fire TV's AI-Powered Voice Search | By Aldohn Domingo
Published Jun 10, 2024 12:02AM EDT
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket
Amazon has officially released a video preview of its recently-announced feature fo... |
| 06.06.2024 | Amazon Zoox Robotaxi is Nearing Launch—What to Expect From Autonomous Service? | By Isaiah Richard
Published Jun 6, 2024 10:22PM EDT
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket
One of the latest robotaxis on the US roads is Amazon's Zoox, and its recent limited... |
| 06.06.2024 | Amazon's robotaxi unit Zoox to begin testing in Austin, Miami | :Amazon.com's robotaxi unit Zoox said on Wednesday it plans to start testing its autonomous vehicles in Austin, Texas, and Miami, a move that would mark its first trial sites outside the western United States.
Zoox will deploy its test flee... |
| 06.06.2024 | Amazon's Zoox to Test Self-Driving Cars in Austin and Miami | By Jace Dela Cruz
Published Jun 6, 2024 9:23AM EDT
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket
Amazon's self-driving venture, Zoox, is expanding its autonomous vehicle testing prog... |
| 05.06.2024 | В дело автономных такси Waymo добавили еще 9 ДТП. Итого их стало 22 | Федеральные регуляторы безопасности обнаружили еще девять инцидентов, которые ставят под сомнение безопасность самоуправляемых автомобилей Waymo, работающих в Финиксе и Сан-Франциско, сообщает TechCrunch.
Национальная администрация безопасн... |
| 01.06.2024 | Unexpected Braking of Amazon's Zoox Self-Driving Cars Prompt Probe | By Quincy Jon
Published Jun 1, 2024 9:30AM EDT
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket
Federal regulators investigating rear-end crash risks posed by abrupt braking have asked ... |
| 31.05.2024 | US agency seeks more details on self-driving Zoox crashes | WASHINGTON :The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday it is seeking more information in its investigation into Amazon.com's self-driving Zoox vehicles due to unexpected braking that led to two rear-end collision... |
| 20.05.2024 | GM's Cruise Sets Sail in Arizona with Robotaxis | General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is embarking on a new journey in Arizona, testing robotaxis with human safety drivers at the helm. The testing phase will put these vehicles through rigorous evaluations to ensure they meet str... |
| 14.05.2024 | Waymo Self-Driving Cars Under NHTSA Investigation After String of Crashes | By Quincy Jon
Published May 14, 2024 10:21AM EDT
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket
US authorities has initiated an investigation over Waymo's self-driving cars after repo... |
| 14.05.2024 | GM's Cruise Will Launch Robotaxis in Arizona With Human Safety Drivers | By Jace Dela Cruz
Published May 14, 2024 3:52AM EDT
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket
General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is set to commence testing of robotax... |
| 14.05.2024 | Bumble dating app removes ads mocking celibacy after backlash | The popular dating app Bumble is canceling an ad campaign that derides celibacy to promote its matchmaking service. It has also issued an apology.
The company ran a series of ads in commercials and on billboards mocking celibacy as an alter... |
| 13.05.2024 | NHTSA Probes Amazon's Zoox Robotaxis After Collisions Injure Motorcyclists | By Quincy Jon
Published May 13, 2024 12:38PM EDT
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an inquiry into Z... |
| 27.04.2024 | A wrestling match over who should control robotaxis is playing out in California | Cities around the country have long been crying out for more control over how autonomous vehicles are deployed on their streets. In California, they might finally get their wish.
A handful of AV-related bills, which made progress this month... |
| 25.04.2024 | FlexAI comes out of stealth with $30M Seed raise for increased compute | AI compute company FlexAI came out of stealth yesterday with a $30M seed raise led by Alpha Intelligence Capital, Elaia Partners, and Heartcore Capital.
FlexAI’s first product, which will launch later this year, is an on-demand cloud servic... |
| 23.04.2024 | French startup FlexAI exits stealth with $30M to ease access to AI compute | A French startup has raised a hefty seed investment to “rearchitect compute infrastructure” for developers wanting to build and train AI applications more efficiently.
FlexAI, as the company is called, has been operating in stealth since Oc... |
| 23.03.2024 | Chinese self-driving car developers slash California test drives | The distance traveled by major Chinese companies’ self-driving cars in California road tests plunged about 70% last year, official data shows, in another sign of the US-China rift over advanced technology.
The decline in testing in the stat... |
| 15.03.2024 | Amazon's Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night in Las Vegas | Amazon.com’s self-driving car unit, Zoox, is seeking to stay abreast of rival Waymo by expanding its vehicles’ testing in California and Nevada to include a wider area, higher speeds and nighttime driving.
The changes, announced on Thursday... |
| 10.07.2023 | Announcing the nominees for VentureBeat’s 5th Annual Women in AI awards | Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12 and learn how business leaders are getting ahead of the generative AI revolution. Learn More
With VentureBeat’s flagship event VB Transform right around the corner, we are excited to announ... |
| 28.06.2023 | Zoox, startup de robotáxis da Amazon, começa a rodar em mais uma cidade | A Zoox, que foi comprada pela Amazon por US$ 1,3 bilhão em 2020, anunciou que começou a testar seus robotáxis elétricos e autônomos nas ruas de Las Vegas. Os carros, que não têm motoristas, volantes ou pedais, estão rodando a cidade desde 1... |
| 27.06.2023 | Zoox begins testing robotaxis on public roads in Las Vegas | Amazon subsidiary Zoox has begun testing its purpose-built, electric, autonomous robotaxis on public streets in Las Vegas, the company announced Tuesday. Zoox says this marks the first time that an autonomous vehicle built without pedals or... |
| 27.02.2023 | Amazon лидирует по числу патентов на беспилотный транспорт | По подсчетам японского агентства Nikkei, американская корпорация Amazon стала лидером по числу поданных патентов на беспилотный транспорт среди всей «большой пятерки» американских технологических компаний: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft... |
| 17.02.2023 | Reinventing Personal Transportation: Amazon’s Zoox Robotaxi Rolls Out on California Public Roads | There are people who enjoy driving and don’t mind the traffic every now and then, and then there are those, who, let’s just say, like to be driven around. For the latter, here’s some news. Amazon’s subsidiary Zoox, which announced its ambit... |
| 15.02.2023 | Amazon начал дорожные испытания собственных беспилотных такси | Во вторник, 14 февраля, подразделение интернет-ритейлера Amazon компания Zoox, занимающаяся разработками в области беспилотного транспорта, сообщила о начале испытаний своих беспилотных такси на дорогах общего пользования. Роботакси Zoox на... |
| 14.02.2023 | Amazon's Zoox Robotaxis Begin Transporting People on California Roadways | Trisha Kae Andrada, Tech Times 14 February 2023, 07:02 am
(Photo : PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
A Toyota sport-utility vehicle modified by Zoox, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, which combines radars, lidar, and cameras to test its so... |
| 13.02.2023 | Top tech startup news for Monday, February 13, 2023: Amazon, Paxos, RedKubes, Twilio, Zeekr, and Zoox | Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Monday, February 13, 2023. Amazon’s Zoox is now testing its self-driving robotaxis on public roads in California with passengers on board
Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle... |
| 13.02.2023 | Zoox robotaxis start rolling out on California public roads | More than two years ago, Amazon subsidiary Zoox unveiled an electric, autonomous robotaxi it built from the ground up. Now, the cube-like vehicle that is loaded with sensors — and not a steering wheel — is starting to roll out on a few publ... |
| 21.10.2022 | Качаем насмотренность: что в сохранёнках у дизайнеров #9 | Нетипичная подборка от дизайнеров Purrweb: сегодня смотрим только на сайты с 3D-иллюстрациями. Надевайте сине-красные очки и погнали!
8 комментариев
1106 просмотров... |
| 28.07.2022 | How edge data is training AI for accurate, real-time response | Join executives from July 26-28 for Transform's AI & Edge Week. Hear from top leaders discuss topics surrounding AL/ML technology, conversational AI, IVA, NLP, Edge, and more. Reserve your free pass now!
Autonomous driving is seen as th... |
| 18.07.2022 | The Station: Restructuring ripples and the next investor darling of the EV era | The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox.
Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future mea... |
| 01.06.2022 | ‘It’s Been A Hard Day’s Night’: Preventing Work Stress From Killing You—Literally | Work stress can feel like a monster stalking you, causing serious health problems, even prematue ... [+] death. getty |
| 14.05.2022 | The problem with self-driving cars | 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!
Aka: Why this burning money pit has failed to pro... |
| 10.03.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Finless Foods nets $34m; CPGs & QSRs quit Russia | This week, cultivated seafood startup Finless Foods closed a $34 million funding round, Clean Crop Technologies raised funds for its crop protection tool, and Protenga nabbed capital for its insect farming operations.
Meanwhile, major food ... |
| 07.03.2022 | 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 strawberry crops. It got up and running quickl... |
| 01.10.2021 | We don’t just need an AV revolution — we need a design evolution | Matthew Lipka Contributor
Share on Twitter
Matthew Lipka is head of policy at Nuro, a founding member of the SAVE Coalition.
Bob de Kruyff Contributor
Share on Twitter
Bob de Kruyff is vice president of engineering at Local Motors, a foundi... |
| 22.06.2021 | How Amazon-owned Zoox designed its self-driving vehicles to prevent crashes | The hubbub surrounding the autonomous vehicle industry often focuses on venture capital rounds, speculation about IPOs and acquisitions. But the industry’s future also hinges on the high-stakes task of proving the technology can operate saf... |
| 10.03.2021 | What Is Artificial Intelligence? Whether You're a Student, Professional, or Scientist, Here's What It Means. | March 10, 2021 5 min read
This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revol... |
| 21.12.2020 | Speculative Report claims Apple Car is on a Fast Track for 2021, a week after Amazon hyped up their Autonomous Hail-Ride Taxi
Categories
Search | Earlier this month Patently Apple posted a report titled "A Supply Chain Report Claims that Apple's Vehicle related Project Titan is moving to the next Phase." Digitimes had noted in their report that "It is worth noting that... |
| 15.12.2020 | Amazon’s autonomous vehicle startup Zoox just unveiled a robotaxi EV without a steering wheel that can go 16 hours without charging — see what it looks like | The firm says its first vehicle can run for 16 hours at a time. Zoox
Amazon-owned autonomous-taxi company Zoox unveiled its first vehicle Monday.
Zoox designed the vehicle for cramped city streets, giving it the ability to drive in both dir... |
| 14.12.2020 | «Робоконкурент» Uber и Lyft: стартап Zoox от Amazon создал беспилотный электромобиль | Беспилотный электромобиль от Zoox может работать до 16 часов без подзарядки, перевозить до четырёх пассажиров и развивать скорость до 75 миль/час (около 120 км/час), пишет Bloomberg. Кроме того, электромобилю не нужно разворачиваться, поско... |
| 02.11.2020 | Blees is Looking to Shake Up Public Transit in Poland and Europe | Blees is a Poland-based company that’s developing an autonomous, electric minibus.
They’re currently offering software aimed at the public transit sector.
Even though they’re only two years old, they already have the backing of the European... |
| 20.09.2020 | Zoox, a self-driving tech startup acquired by Amazon for $1.2 billion, becomes the fourth company to get a driverless car permit in California | The first time we covered Zoox was back in July 2018 when the self-driving tech startup raised a massive $500 million at a $3.2 billion valuation. The San Francisco-based Zoox is an AI robotics company that provides mobility-as-a-service an... |
| 07.09.2020 | Elevate makes first investment: into the newly formed Blackbird NZ Fund | |
| 21.08.2020 | Weekly Wrap #16: Playing Hardball | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
Please keep the great feedback coming. If you love the Weekly Wrap, share away.
Share
Grapple Apple’s valu... |
| 07.08.2020 | Weekly Wrap #14: Capital Raising Inception | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
Please keep the great feedback coming. If you love the Weekly Wrap, share away.
Share
Cashed up
It’s easy ... |
| 01.08.2020 | Amazon’s Zoox Acquisition– Is LiDAR Next? | Self-driving van, drone and robot. Automatic delivery system concept.getty |
| 28.06.2020 | Why Elon Musk Taunted Bezos For Being A Copycat In Amazon’s Buyout Of Zoox, An Autopilot-Like Self-Driving Car Stalwart | Amazon buys Zoox, Musk and Bezos going head-to-head.Getty |
| 26.06.2020 | Amazon anuncia aquisição de startup por mais de US$1 bilhão de dólares | A Amazon pagará mais de US$1 bilhão de dólares para adquirir a startup de veículos autônomos Zoox, informou o site The Information.
A reportagem não mencionou o preço exato do negócio e acrescentou que a Amazon provavelmente não o divulgará... |
| 26.06.2020 | Weekly Wrap #8: TikTok, Trump and Conspiracy Theories | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
Trump punked - TikTok teen style
Have you pondered recently - if a global pandemic had hit while you were ... |
| 26.06.2020 | Amazon acquires self-driving car startup Zoox for over $1.2 billion | Amazon has reached an agreement to acquire California-based autonomous-car developer Zoox, in a deal that values the self-driving startup at a little over $1.2 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. With this acquisition, ... |
| 21.10.2019 | Zoox raises $200 million to build self-driving car | Sign up for our daily briefingMake your busy days simpler with Axios AM/PM. Catch up on what's new and why it matters in just 5 minutes.
Enter your email address
Please enter a valid email.
Please enter a valid email.
Subscription failedSub... |
| 02.08.2019 | Роботы: пять направлений роста | Внедрение «умных» машин позволяет экономить от 15% до 90% на операционных расходах.
14 14 комментариев
4339 просмотров
29% мирового производства роботизированы хотя бы частично. Производители, использующие труд «умных» машин, экономят от 15... |
| 12.06.2019 | Hyundai Motor Invests In Aurora, Which Is Helping It Create Self-Driving Hydrogen SUVs | Hyundai and affiliate Kia are investing in self-driving tech startup Aurora, which is working with ... [+] the Korean giant to automate its NEXO hydrogen fuel-cell crossover. Hyundai Motor |
| 21.03.2019 | Tesla files lawsuit against four former employees and self-driving startup Zoox for allegedly stealing its trade secrets | Electric automaker, Tesla, has filed a lawsuit against four former employees and self-driving startup Zoox for allegedly stealing its trade secrets. In court a filing in a U.S. District Court in Northern California, Tesla said its former fo... |
| 21.03.2019 | Top startup news for today, Thursday, March 21, 2019 | Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Thursday, March 21.
LogRocket raises $15 million in funding to triple its headcount. LogRocket, a Cambridge, MA-based startup provider of front-end applicati... |
| 07.02.2019 | Amazon Eases Into Self-Driving Tech By Joining Aurora's $530 Million Funding Surge | An Aurora test vehicle makes its rounds through Pittsburgh, where the Silicon Valley-based company ... [+] has R&D operations.Aurora Innovation, Inc. |
| 29.11.2018 | Самые перспективные ИИ-стартапы | CB Insights выбрала 100 проектов из 1000. В первой десятке шесть стартапов из США, четыре из Китая.
50 50 комментариев
8704 просмотров
Второй год подряд CB Insights проводит исследование ai.100
Лидер — китайский медиапроект ByteDance. Старт... |
| 24.10.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, October 24 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, October 24.
Zoox has raised about $800 million to create a safer vehicle for our roads. About 40,000 people are killed in car crashes in the U.S. every ... |
| 13.08.2018 | FiveAI to start a trial of its shared autonomous car fleet in London in 2019 | After raising $35 million to develop driverless car technology and a strategy to build a fleet of shared vehicles, UK startup FiveAI is announcing its first on-street trial: a service aimed at commuters in the London outer boroughs of Broml... |
| 23.07.2018 | Zoox is Blackbird Ventures’ largest single investment to date, with the self-driving car startup raising nearly $1 billion since 2014 | The Blackbird Ventures team.
Australian-founded self-driving car startup Zoox made international headlines last week for its whopping $675 million Series B funding round, with the startup finally taking the wraps off its plans for an autono... |
| 18.07.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, July 18 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, July 18.
Self-driving car startup Zoox is raising $500 million at a $3.2 billion valuation. Zoox, a self-driving startup founded by Tim Kentley-Klay and... |
| 17.07.2018 | Инвесторы оценили независимого разработчика беспилотных машин Zoox в $3,2 млрд Статьи редакции | Стартап Zoox, который занимается разработкой беспилотного автомобиля с нуля, привлёк $500 млн и достиг постинвестиционной оценки в $3,2 млрд, сообщает Axios.
16 16 комментариев
3870 просмотров
Автомобиль с системой Zoox на дороге
Лидерами р... |
| 17.07.2018 | Независимый разработчик беспилотный автомобилей Zoox привлек $500 млн | Стартап Zoox, который работает над создание беспилотного автомобился самостоятельно и без участия крупных корпораций, привлек $500 млн при оценке в $3,2 млрд. Об этом пишет TechCrunch со ссылкой на сообщение компании.
В раунде финансировани... |
| 17.07.2018 | Self-driving car startup Zoox is raising $500 million at a $3.2 billion valuation | Zoox, a once-secretive self-driving car startup, is closing a $500 million raise at a $3.2 billion post-money valuation, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Prior to the deal, Zoox was valued at $2.7 billion, Zoox confirmed to TechCrunch. The r... |
| 03.10.2017 | What SoftBank really wants | Some in Silicon Valley aren’t quite sure what to make of SoftBank and its massive, roughly $100 billion Vision Fund. At times, they say privately, it looks like a drunken gunslinger, firing off massive checks in quick succession.
But source... |
| 18.09.2017 | Steve Jurvetson on why he couldn’t join the board of secretive Zoox | Today at our TC Disrupt event in San Francisco, we had the chance to catch up with investor Steve Jurvetson about a wide number of things that are sweeping across the startup landscape (and might fundamentally change it), from ICOs to Softb... |
| 05.09.2017 | UK’s FiveAI gets $35M to build a taxi service powered by its own self-driving car platform | The race is on for autonomous vehicle technology, and now a startup out of the U.K. is the latest to throw its hat into the ring to help build it. Cambridge-based FiveAI — a partner in the U.K.’s StreetWise self-driving project — has raised... |
| 28.12.2016 | A pre-CES 2017 look at the state of autonomous vehicles | The race to autonomous or self-driving cars is on. 2016 was the year that we not only lost some of our most beloved artists, we also witnessed startups and automakers put the pedal to the metal to get the attention of industry influencers, ... |
| 07.11.2016 | Term Sheet — Monday, November 7 | Et cetera
A G Thing: When Google reorganized itself as Alphabet last year, it immediately struck the “Google” brand from a number of its divisions. Google X, its “moonshot” division, became simply “X,” and Google Ventures, its VC arm, becam... |
| 06.10.2016 | $15 billion in Q3 2016—VC investing hits two-year low | Venture capital continues to "reset," according to Pitchbook, with deal flow down again
Editor's note: Our 6th Annual Vator Splash LA conference is coming up on October 13 at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica. Speakers include Mark ... |
| 30.06.2016 | Zoox raises $200 million at $1 billion valuation for its self-driving cars | TechCrunch has confirmed reports that auto startup Zoox is raising about $200 million at a $1 billion valuation. We’ve also learned that investors Lux Capital and DFJ are involved in the round.
The Palo Alto-based startup founded by Tim Ken... |
| - | Amazon anuncia aquisição de startup por mais de US$1 bilhão de dólares | A Amazon pagará mais de US$1 bilhão de dólares para adquirir a startup de veículos autônomos Zoox, informou o site The Information.
A reportagem não mencionou o preço exato do negócio e acrescentou que a Amazon provavelmente não o divulgará... |
| - | Amazon to buy self-driving technology company Zoox | Zoox was valued at over $3 billion in 2018, but has struggled with management turnover in its efforts to develop a self-driving car.
The company hired Qatalyst Partners to help it find a buyer.
The acquisition is notable for Amazon, which p... |
| - | 7 biggest tech developments, trends you should expect in 2024 | Originally Published by:
'UFO' seen on Florida Turnpike turns heads Florida identifies next invasive species threat Calls for humans to stop having children, go extinct grow in media circles
Have you ever wondered what the future will look ... |
| - | LA Venture: Touchdown Ventures Partner Beth Kearns on ‘Corporate Innovation’ | In the early days of the internet, Beth Kearns jokes that she was the only person in her organization with an AOL account.
“They were like, ‘Oh, well, you know, you just graduated college. So you'll be the one who can access the internet. Y... |
| - | Amazon’s Zoox under investigation by NHTSA after two crashes | The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is probing two crashes involving Amazon-owned Zoox autonomous vehicles.
Two Toyota Highlanders equipped with Zoox’s automated self-driving technology braked unexpectedly, after which motorc... |
| - | A Content Creator's Guide To Navigating 'Finfluencers' On TikTok | People are always looking for ways to make extra money, especially with the looming threat of 1970s-style inflation. On TikTok and other social media sites, influencers exploit this need and gain followers with tantalizing but often sketchy... |
| - | The Evolution of LA’s Robotaxi Industry: A Timeline | There’s no shortage of companies testing autonomous cars in Los Angeles and everyday it seems more enter the city with the goal of addressing its transportation needs through self-driving rideshares.
See our timeline below for key developme... |
| - | Why Scrubs Maker FIGS is Being Sued in California Court | Last August, FIGS, the medical scrub startup based in Santa Monica, was sued for false advertising and misleading business practices. This week, the company is in court arguing it didn’t need to rely on any unsavory marketing tactics and th... |
