Voi scooters raises $115M Series D round as it preps to enter new cities — and for an IPO

The European e-scooter market is currently the main battleground for companies playing in the micromobility space, taking advantage as they are of Europe’s relatively compact cities and the desire of populations to move to more sustainable transportation. In 2021, players like Tier, Voi and Dott continued to raise VC backing. But the war for funding […]

AI chip maker Kneron raises $25M for autonomous driving push

AI chips, which are semiconductors designed to accelerate machine learning, have many applications. One of the promising use cases, according to Albert Liu, is using AI chips in autonomous driving vehicles. That’s why Liu’s AI chipmaking startup Kneron has been quietly racking up investments to march into smart transportation. It recently closed a new round […]

Waymo says self-driving car that struck pedestrian in San Francisco was in manual mode

A Waymo self-driving Jaguar I-Pace that struck a pedestrian in San Francisco on Wednesday evening was in manual mode, the company told TechCrunch in response to an initial report posted on Reddit. Waymo says the vehicle was in manual mode at the time, meaning the human safety driver who was behind wheel was actually driving. […]

Gopuff, the instant grocery startup, is raising $1.5B in a convertible note at up to a $40B valuation, ahead of going public as soon as mid-2022

Instant grocery — where urban-dwelling consumers buy food and other essentials and can get them delivered in 15 minutes or less — continues to be a big business, and one of the juggernauts in the space is now raising a big round of funding to meet that opportunity: Gopuff is in the process of raising […]

CO2排出量を削減するために、バイオ燃料の普及が加速する：永田暁彦──「THE WORLD IN 2022」 ALTERNATIVE FUEL

国際的に議論されているCO2排出量の削減目標の達成には、カーボンニュートラルな燃料の普及が鍵を握る。ユーグレナが量産に取り組むバイオ燃料は、その流れを加速させることになる──。本誌特集「THE WORLD IN 2022」に収載した、ユーグレナCEO・永田暁彦へのインタヴュー（雑誌『WIRED』日本版VOL.43より転載）。

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