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Argo AI can now offer the public rides in its autonomous vehicles in California
Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Ford and VW, has landed a permit in California that will allow the company to give people free rides in its self-driving vehicles on the state’s public roads. The California Public Utilities Commission issued the so-called Drivered AV pilot permit earlier this month, according to the […]
Extra Crunch roundup: Livestream e-commerce, growth marketing interviews, CEO for a day
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Kodiak Robotics’ founder says tight focus on autonomous trucks is working
“We will need to raise more money, as you pointed out, that’s certainly no secret, but I think that we have multiple options to do that.”
Growth roundup: Investing in community, targeting developers, new marketer recs
“The best thing a startup can do, and I’m seeing it happen more and more, is investing in community early on,” growth marketing expert Max van den Ingh of Unmuted tells us. “When I was leading growth at MisterGreen, we created a community for the first thousand Tesla Model 3 owners in the Netherlands. Everyone […]
Calendly CEO Tope Awotona is joining us at Disrupt 2021
Early Bird Tickets to Disrupt end today, Friday, July 30. Book your tickets now!
A Tesla Megapack caught fire at the Victorian Big Battery facility in Australia
A 13-tonne Tesla Megapack caught fire on Friday morning at a battery storage facility in south-east Australia. The blaze occurred during testing at 10 – 10.15am local time.
Elon Musk calls Apple’s App Store fees ‘a de facto global tax on the Internet’
Elon Musk is siding with Epic Games in the App Store monopoly case, with the Tesla CEO firing off a tweet Friday morning that called Apple’s Store fees “a de facto global tax on the Internet,” also adding that “Epic is right.” Epic Games legal battle with Apple is sure to last years and the […]
Design expert Scott Tong outlines 4 concepts founders should consider when designing products
At Early Stage 2021, design expert Scott Tong walked us through some of the ways founders should think about design, what design means and the steps that come before focusing on the pixels.
Robinhood’s CFO says it was ready to go public
Robinhood says it went public because it was ready. And our read of the markets is that it’s an appealing time for high-growth tech companies with a history of losses to do so. Yet it’s underwater.