Tesla Optimus robotics vice president Milan Kovac is leaving the company

Milan Kovac, Tesla’s vice president in charge of Optimus humanoid robotics, announced on Friday that he’s leaving the company.

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Trump fast-tracks supersonic travel, amid spate of flight-related executive orders

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Federal Aviation Administration to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil.

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Tesla already had big problems. Then Musk went to battle with Trump

Tesla has spent much of the year dealing with struggling sales and a deteriorating brand. Now CEO Elon Musk has drawn the ire of the president.

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TechCrunch Mobility: How Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped Rivian and what Uber’s next-generation playbook looks like

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

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Omada Health IPO signals healthier market, avoids ‘down-round’ trend

Omada Health popped in its first day as a public company, validation for founder CEO Sean Duffy.

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2025 will be a ‘pivotal year’ for Meta’s augmented and virtual reality, says CTO

Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, Meta’s CTO, says 2025 will be a pivotal year for Reality Labs, the company’s augmented and virtual reality unit.

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Why investing in growth-stage AI startups is getting riskier and more complicated

AI startups are reaching growth stage much faster. That’s exciting, but also risky, because investors might pour millions into a company only to watch it be unseated in a few months.

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Anthropic appoints a national security expert to its governing trust

Anthropic’s long-term benefit trust is a governance mechanism that Anthropic claims helps it promote safety over profit, and which has the power to elect some of the company’s board of directors.

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AI startups continue fueling San Francisco’s office recovery

Early-stage AI startups are imbuing new life into San Francisco’s Northern Waterfront, after years of “for lease” signs dotting the post-pandemic landscape. According to the San Francisco Business Times, five AI-focused companies — four backed by Y Combinator — recently leased 23,900 square feet at the Waterfront Plaza complex. This is part of a citywide […]

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The Trump-Musk feud has been great for X, which jumped up the App Store charts

The Trump-Musk feud has been great for X, which jumped up the App Store charts.

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