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Slate Auto raises $650M to fund its affordable EV truck plans: Slate Auto's latest funding round was led by existing investor TWG Global, a firm run by LA Dodgers owner Mark Walter. Read More

TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent?: Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. Read More

The largest orbital compute cluster is open for business: Kepler Communications is flying 40 GPUs in Earth orbit. And its latest customer is Sophia Space. Read More

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Slate Auto: Everything you need to know about the Bezos-backed EV startup: Slate auto burst onto the scene in April 2025. Here is a timeline that covers its origins, backers, product, and other new details. Read More

Walmart-owned Flipkart, Amazon are squeezing India's quick commerce startups: Flipkart's ongoing expansion beyond major cities and heavy discounting is raising risks for India's quick commerce startups, analysts say. Read More

At the HumanX conference, everyone was talking about Claude: Anthropic was the star of the show at San Francisco's AI-centric conference. Read More

From LLMs to hallucinations, here's a simple guide to common AI terms: The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter. Read More

Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses: These glasses are a step back from an ambitious plan that once called for Apple to launch a variety of mixed and augmented reality devices. Read More

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Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model: The report is particularly surprising since the Department of Defense recently declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk. Read More