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Volta, a Shopify for B2B transactions, raises biggest pre-seed round of Italy

Volta, a new startup with a team split between two headquarters in Milan and Paris, has secured a €6 million pre-seed round ($6.3 million) to develop a new vertical software-as-a-service platform focused on B2B sales. In more practical terms, the … Continue reading

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Rivian snags $6.6B conditional federal loan to build Georgia factory

Rivian said late Monday it has secured conditional commitment for a $6.6 billion loan from the Department of Energy, funds that will help the EV maker restart construction of a massive factory in Georgia. The funds will come from DOE’s … Continue reading

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Google Developer Program gains new features, but you’ll have to pay for them

In June, Google announced the Google Developer Program, a free program to give devs access to resources designed to help them build applications using Google services. Now that “millions” of devs have signed up (according to Google), the company is … Continue reading

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Another star athlete is making his way into venture capital

Giannis Antetokounmpo, a player for the Milwaukee Bucks, launched a venture capital firm called Build Your Legacy Ventures that will focus on sports and entertainment investing, according to Bleacher Report. Antetokounmpo will serve as general partner. The fund was “not … Continue reading

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Marc Andreessen, Joe Lonsdale, and all the other VCs reportedly in the running for new Trump committees

With Elon Musk playing such a high-profile role in Donald Trump’s transition team, Musk’s buddies, many of them Silicon Valley venture capitalists, are reportedly being tapped to help out. For instance, VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, and in particular co-founder Marc … Continue reading

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TechCrunch Space: Everything is bigger in Texas!

Hello, and welcome back to TechCrunch Space! First off, I want to highlight a few stories we weren’t able to get to: First, Inversion Space raised a $44 million Series A to continue development of its ultra-precise orbit-to-Earth cargo delivery … Continue reading

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Rocket Lab nails two missions within 24 hours – one in each hemisphere

Rocket Lab set a new speed record for launch turnaround time, successfully executing two Electron missions in 24 hours. The company added in a statement that this is also the first time any launch operator has completed a mission from … Continue reading

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Tesla appears to be building a teleoperations team for its robotaxi service

As Tesla gears up to launch a robotaxi service in the coming years, the automaker looks like it’s building out a teleoperations team. According to a recent job listing, Tesla is hiring a software engineer to help develop a teleoperations … Continue reading

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Sill’s new app rounds up the best links from your Bluesky and Mastodon networks

Want to keep up with what everyone’s talking about on alternative social media sites like Bluesky and Mastodon, but don’t have time to constantly scroll through their respective apps? A newly launched link aggregation service called Sill may be able … Continue reading

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IMAX embraces AI to expand original content reach

With global content consumption rising and demand for non-English content surpassing that for English movies and shows, IMAX is leveraging AI to scale localization on its original content. The entertainment and media industry grew 5% to $2.8 trillion in 2023, … Continue reading

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