Category: Robotics

India offers zero taxes through 2047 to lure global AI ...

New Delhi's latest move comes as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft expand data center investments in India.

TechCrunch Mobility: The great Tesla rebranding

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

Indonesia ‘conditionally’ lifts ban on Grok

Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok.

Amazon’s ‘Melania’ documentary makes $7M on opening wee...

While the documentary is exceeding box office expectations, it's unlikely to make a profit in theaters.

Why Tether’s CEO is everywhere right now

For years, Tether's CEO avoided the United States, watching from offshore as regulators circled and prosecutors investigated. Thos...

AI layoffs or ‘AI-washing’?

How many of the companies with recent layoffs are just using AI as an excuse?

Meet the new European unicorns of 2026

From Belgium to Ukraine, five fresh European unicorns were minted this January.

HomeBoost’s app will show you where to save on your uti...

The startup is partnering with utilities to help homeowners determine the best upgrades to cut their energy use.

Nvidia CEO pushes back against report that his company’...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that a recent report of friction between his company and OpenAI was “nonsense.”

SpaceX seeks federal approval to launch 1 million solar...

SpaceX's filing claims these satellites will be “a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization — one that can ha...

Waymo reportedly raising a $16B funding round

Waymo is reportedly finalizing a new funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion.

SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondarie...

To unpack what SpaceX’s IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today...

Blue Origin pauses space tourism flights to focus on th...

The company is trying to take advantage of President Donald Trump's desire to return astronauts to the lunar surface by the end of...

Instagram might soon let you remove yourself from someo...

Since the feature's launch in 2018, users haven't been able to remove themselves from someone else's Close Friends list.

Informant told FBI that Jeffrey Epstein had a ‘personal...

The hacker allegedly developed zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools and sold them to several countries, including an unname...

OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own soc...

The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new shell — again. After briefly rebranding as Moltbot, it has no...

OnlyFans considering selling majority stake to Architec...

This isn't the first time in recent memory that OnlyFans has been in talks to sell off its business.

A peek inside Physical Intelligence, the startup buildi...

If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesn’t show it. He’s working with people who've been working on this problem for dec...

a16z partner Kofi Ampadu to leave firm after TxO progra...

Ampadu's departure perhaps signals the end of the TxO chapter. The fund and program focused on supporting underserved founders by ...

Last 24 hours to grab your plus-one pass at 50% off to ...

Today is the last day to lock in a plus-one pass at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, happening on October 13-15 in San Francisc...

Russian hackers breached Polish power grid thanks to ba...

The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default use...

Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bendi...

Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully.

Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting ri...

Bluesky's first transparency reports tackle moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns, and more. The number of governme...

Anthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork

The company says you can use plug-ins to "tell Claude how you like work done, which tools and data to pull from, how to handle cri...

Uber is literally in the driver’s seat when it comes to...

Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus an...