Amazon cuts jobs in Sustainability department

January 30, 2025

Amazon is eliminating roles in its Communications and Sustainability departments, per an internal memo seen by TechCrunch.

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Waymo employees can hail fully autonomous rides in Atlanta now

January 30, 2025

Waymo said it is launching fully driverless robotaxi rides for employees in Atlanta, an important step before the company opens the service up to members of the public later in 2025. This is the latest signal of Waymo’s push into new markets, and it comes two months after the company closed a $5.6 billion Series […]

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Factorial Capital takes a fresh approach to finding startups with a technical edge

January 30, 2025

To make smart bets on the current wave of startups, Matt Hartman thinks venture capitalists will need a deeper understanding of the tech those startups are building. Hartman (pictured above) spent nine years as a partner Betaworks before starting a new firm, Factorial Capital, where he’s developed a different approach to identifying the startups with […]

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