The total workforce at Tesla’s factory outside Austin, Texas, decreased dramatically last year as the company suffered a second consecutive year of declining sales, according to a compliance report. As seen by the Austin American-Statesman. Tesla plans to employ 21,191 people at the factory in 2024, falling to 16,506 workers in 2025, a 22% decline….
Anthropic has bought stealth biotech AI startup Coefficient Bio in a $400 million stock deal. Information And eric newcomer. Sources close to the deal confirmed to TechCrunch that it closed, though declined to comment on the numbers. The deal comes as Anthropic continues its contribution to healthcare and life sciences October announcement Cloud for Life…
Anthropic has filed documents to form a new political action committee — a sign that, like its peers, the AI lab is devoting significant resources to influencing policy and regulation. Anthropak plans to contribute to both parties during the midterms, including current D.C. lawmakers and rising political candidates. The PAC will be funded by voluntary…
As data centers have grown and proliferated, so has the response. A new Harvard/MIT survey found that 40% of people supported the construction of a data center in their area, while 32% were opposed when asked about the construction of various industrial facilities in their neighborhood. An interesting news from the survey, Per Axios: More…
Gateway Capital Partners, the venture firm founded by Dana Guthrie, announced the first closing for its $25 million Target Fund II earlier this week, the Milwaukee-based firm told TechCrunch. Gateway Capital previously declined to share the exact amount of the closing. The earlier closing means that Fund II can begin its investment operations. Gutherie said…
decentralized finance company intention says it has suspended withdrawals and deposits after confirming the security incident. crypto platform said in a post on x that it was “experiencing an active attack” and that it was working to “contain the incident”. Security researchers and public blockchain data suggest the losses could be significant. blockchain security firm…
Robotaxis operated by Baidu’s Apollo Go became stranded throughout Wuhan, China, in some cases stranding passengers for up to two hours, according to multiple media reports as well as multiple videos and social media posts. Baidu has not shared what caused the widespread outage. However, local police said it was a “system failure” that affected…
Global investment in startups to reach $297 billion in first quarter of 2026, breaking all records, according to new crunchbase data. This is a massive 2.5x increase from the $118 billion raised in the previous quarter. This single-quarter increase outpaces every full year of global VC activity prior to 2019. The unprecedented growth was fueled…
Lucid Motors seems to have largely resolved its initial quality struggles with the Gravity SUV’s hardware and software, but the company is still not out of the woods: It has recalled more than 4,000 Gravity SUVs after a seat belt problem was discovered. The company told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that, during unrelated…
Rec Room, once known as a promising giant in the world of social gaming, announced It will shut down its platform on Monday, June 1. If you are a fan of this platform or have ever spent time creating or exploring its virtual worlds, this news will probably come as a great shock to you….
