Newlight has raised a $9 million seed round and completed an 8,500-nautical-mile test run from Singapore to Ghana.
The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and construction work.
Test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other sudden movements made by the autonomous vehicles, according to a TechCrunch review of data submitted to OSHA.
Robot bodies are waiting for their AI brains to catch up.
The startup came out of stealth with $6 million in seed funding and a plan to use LLMs and cybersecurity know-how to make AI queries coherent.
Runable says 60%–70% of its 1 trillion-plus token usage in the last 90 days came from paying customers.
The $200 million extension comes just months after the physical AI startup reached a $2 billion valuation.
Now exiting stealth mode with a $26 million seed round, Keenable has been building a vast web search index for AI agents.
TechCrunch talks agents, UX, and reporting to Greg Brockman with OpenAI’s head of product.
Airbound’s ultra-lightweight approach to drone delivery has attracted backing from Greenoaks, DoorDash, and Silicon Valley investor Lachy Groom.