Supercritical, a carbon removal marketplace aimed at tech firms, raises $13M Series A led by Lightspeed

June 21, 2023

Supercritical, the carbon removal marketplace aimed (at the moment) mainly at tech companies that want to hit ‘net zero’, has raised a $13 million Series A funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The round includes funding from RTP Global, Greencode Ventures, MMC Ventures and others. We covered Supercritical’s launch back in August 2021, when it pointed out that the […]

Supercritical, a carbon removal marketplace aimed at tech firms, raises $13M Series A led by Lightspeed by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Apple’s Vision Pro SDK is now available, in-person developer labs launch next month

June 21, 2023

Time to get a jump on all of that spatial computing. Apple today announced that its visionOS software development kit is now available, allowing 3D parties to begin building content for the Vision Pro. The SDK is available at least half a year before the headset officially goes on sale in the U.S., priced at […]

Apple’s Vision Pro SDK is now available, in-person developer labs launch next month by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Downey’s Dream Cars: Robert Downey Jr. targets EV skeptics in new series

June 21, 2023

Marvel retiree Robert Downey Jr. has a new show: Downey’s Dream Cars. It follows the millionaire as he seeks to reconcile two of his hobbies, classic car collecting and climate change mitigation. The Iron Man actor has led with this sort of juxtaposition before; when he kicked off his climate-focused venture firm Footprint Coalition in […]

Downey’s Dream Cars: Robert Downey Jr. targets EV skeptics in new series by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Rivian’s latest acquisition aims to make EV route planning better

June 21, 2023

Rivian acquired the company behind ABetterRouteplanner, a popular route planning app used by EV drivers, CEO RJ Scaringe confirmed Wednesday. Scaringe didn’t disclose financial terms of the deal to buy Iternio, the Swedish company that developed A Better Routeplanner, otherwise known as ABRP.  The acquisition was first reported earlier this month by Electrek. Reuters confirmed […]

Rivian’s latest acquisition aims to make EV route planning better by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch