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5 growth lessons I learned while scaling from $0 to $1M ARR by Jenna Routenberg originally published on TechCrunch
BrightDrop, the electric delivery van subsidiary of General Motors, has signed on supply chain logistics company Ryder as a new customer. Ryder plans to add 4,000 BrightDrop EVs to their rental and lease fleet through 2025. The nabbing of yet another big commercial customer comes as BrightDrop demonstrates its ability to deliver EVs at scale. […]
BrightDrop signs Ryder as customer, starts first Zevo 600 deliveries by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Here’s a fun challenge: teaching a quadrupedal robot to successfully dribble a soccer ball. It is, in essence, a core component of RoboCup, the big international competition founded all the way back in 1996. Soccer is a great way to put a robot’s locomotion, agility and decision making to the test. Two key differences with […]
This robot dog can play soccer on grass, mud and sand by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Amit Jain, former head of Uber’s Asia Pacific division, said on Monday that his new venture, Zamp Finance, has secured $21.7 million in seed funding. Zamp Finance simplifies the process for businesses to invest their excess capital in US Treasury bills, providing a hedge against bank failures and other uncertainties. The US-registered startup’s seed round […]
Sequoia backs startup making it easier for businesses to invest in US Treasury Bills by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Good news for Apple in the UK where a competition appeals court on Friday quashed a decision by the antitrust regulator to open an investigation of the iPhone makers’ mobile browser and cloud gaming service. The Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) ruled the regulator failed to stick to established statutory timeframes for such investigations — basically, […]
Apple wins appeal over UK mobile market competition probe by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
Quantum computers have the potential to carry out highly complicated calculations in minutes that would have taken classical computers thousands of years to work out. But much of the industry is still in its infancy, partly because of a lack of domain experts and software tools that match the progress of quantum hardware. Now companies […]
Tencent backs Singapore’s Horizon Quantum Computing in $18M round by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch