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Elroy Air raises $9.2 million for delivery drones that can carry up to 500 pounds
The dozens of companies vying for a foothold in the $11.2 billion drone industry — and by extension the $400 million…
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Driverless truck startup TuSimple raises $95 million at $1 billion valuation
There’s a healthy demand for driverless trucks. It’s an industry predicted to reach 6,700 units globally, totaling $54.23 billion this…
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SoftBank’s next bet: $940M into autonomous delivery startup Nuro
Nuro, the autonomous delivery startup, has raised $940 million in financing from the SoftBank Vision Fund, a whopping amount that…
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Waymo to retrofit 200,000-square-foot autonomous vehicle factory in Michigan
Waymo will soon ramp up its assembly of self-driving cars in Detroit, Michigan, the company announced today. The Alphabet subsidiary…
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Veteran Googler heads to Lyft to lead 1,000-plus person engineering team
Eisar Lipkovitz, a veteran Google executive who most recently led the video and display advertising team there, is leaving the…
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Riding the RV revolution, Outdoorsy fuels up with $50 million in fresh funding
Outdoorsy is building for the road ahead. The three-year-old company, which connects customers with underused RVs and other trucks big…
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New FAA proposal would let drones fly over people and at night without a waiver
Companies impatient to make drone deliveries a viable reality should have a win to celebrate soon. On Monday, Secretary of…
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