CES 2022：「自律走行車」が、一部の分野で現実のものになり始めた

世界最大級の家電見本市「CES 2022」では、さまざまな企業が自律走行車に関する取り組みを発表した。こうしたなか、自動運転技術の開発に取り組むふたりのキーパーソンへのインタヴューからは、すでに一部の分野において“自律走行”が現実のものになりつつあること、そして実用段階ゆえの課題が改めて浮き彫りになってくる。
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Your local trucker is giving us creator economy vibes

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Friends, we’re almost there: the end of the year that felt like a decade. This week, Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex put aside their 2021 fatigue and talked through a week full of news – and […]

Long-time Lyft CFO departs to become CFO at NFT marketplace OpenSea

Lyft’s long-time CFO Brian Roberts, who took the company public, announced Monday that he was departing the rideshare company that he joined in 2014 to take the same role at NFT marketplace OpenSea. Roberts confirmed earlier reports in a Twitter post. The departure is another signal of how executives and engineers are migrating from the […]

Studies say Uber and Lyft offload soft costs on drivers and communities

As the average cost of a ride on Uber, Lyft and other “rideshare” services has risen over the years, it’s become clear these companies were never entirely forthright about their business models. Now a pair of studies suggests even the investor-subsidized prices don’t tell the whole story, with costs being borne by drivers and communities. […]

Cruise plans to have ‘tens of thousands’ of Origin AVs on roads in coming years

Cruise expects to leap from a limited commercial robotaxi and delivery service that will start in earnest in 2022 to a business of “tens of thousands” of its purpose-built Origin AVs on the road over the next few years. The eye-popping projections will be reached, according to CEO Dan Ammann, through a combination of regulatory […]

Sinch acquires Pathwire, the company behind Mailgun and Mailjet, for $1.9B to add email into its API-based communications platform

Sinch, the Swedish company that competes with Twilio and others in the world of messaging and other communication APIs is making another big M&A play to build out its platform. It has signed a definitive deal to acquire Pathwire, the cloud-based email provider behind Mailgun, Mailjet and Email on Acid. Sinch said it would pay […]