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Honda is establishing a division dedicated to the development of electric vehicles and other electrical products including storage and generation, the company said on Tuesday (via Reuters). The Japanese automaker somewhat lags the rest of the market when it comes to EVs to date. Last year, Honda announced expansive plans to electrify its lineup, including […]

Honda is setting up a dedicated EV division by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

TechCrunch conducted a vibe check to see where this sector stands, and found a prevailing sense of guarded optimism.

Despite 2022’s headwinds, women’s health startups did better than ever before by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch

Sunfish, a new startup built by a former director at one of the oldest surrogacy and egg donation agencies in the world, has raised $4 million to build financial assistance tooling for hopeful parents. The round, led by Walkabout Ventures with participation from Hannah Grey VC and Fiat Ventures, comes a little over a year […]

Sunfish’s technology wants to bring affordability to assisted reproduction by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

AI may be getting hyped as the next billion dollar (or, much bigger) opportunity these days after that mega round for OpenAI from Microsoft, but that rising tide is not lifting all boats. SoundHound — the voice AI company that provides conversational AI services for automotive, connected home and hospitality applications — earlier this month […]

SoundHound, the voice AI company, raises $25M after laying off 40% of staff earlier this month by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

QuickNode, a blockchain deployment platform, has raised $60 million in a Series B round for an $800 million valuation.

QuickNode raises $60M at $800M valuation to become the ‘AWS or Azure of blockchain’ by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch