Forget Punching Bags. Liteboxer Wants to Turn Your Living Room Into Boxing Gym
Click here to read the full article. Home exercise equipment is nothing new. But like so many other areas of technology, the field has exploded over the past decade, particularly smart devices like the Mirror and Peloton’s insanely popular stationary…
Trump administration pays Peter Thiel-backed startup hundreds of millions of dollars to build a virtual border wall
Anduril founder Palmer Luckey. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images The Silicon Valley military-contracting startup Anduril has been awarded a contract with US Customs and Border Protection to build a virtual “wall” as a means to monitor crossings…
Fisker trying to secure Volkswagen’s MEB platform for the Ocean
See Full Image Gallery >> Henrik Fisker took his beating, stayed in the ring, and appears to be getting on top of the fight to be an electric vehicle automaker. At the beginning of the week, Fisker Inc. announced a merger with special purpose…
Scandal, one IPO and the Indian startup market – TechCrunch
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our week-starting primer, in which we go over the latest, look to the week ahead, talk about some neat…
Amazon Buys Driverless Startup Zoox, Cites Ride-Hailing Goal
(Bloomberg) — When news broke last month that Amazon.com Inc. was interested in buying Zoox Inc., observers assumed the e-commerce giant was looking to automate its delivery fleet. After all, Amazon already invested in an electric truck maker and…
Volvo Invests In Blockchain Startup To Keep Track Of Its Electric Vehicle Raw Material Supply Chain
Swedish automaker Volvo AB (OTC: VLVLY) has invested an undisclosed amount in blockchain startup Circulor, it announced Wednesday. What Happened According to Financial Times, which earlier reported the news, the invested amount is in “high…
An Africa-focused “micro-forestry” startup has raised $28 million to plant a billion trees
Deforestation in Africa—the rate at which trees are being cut down—is happening at twice the global average rate. The implications of that reality range from increased exposure to climate change risks and hobbling biodiversity and conservation efforts.…
Trump contracts Peter Thiel-backed startup to build his (virtual) border wall
Trump’s xenophobic dream of building a “big, beautiful wall” along the Mexico–US border has moved a step closer to (virtual) reality. The White House just struck a deal with Palmer Luckey’s Anduril Industrial to erect an AI-powered partition along the…
K4Connect, a startup bringing tech to senior living centers, closes its $21M Series B – TechCrunch
K4Connect, a startup focused on bringing new technologies like voice assistance, home automation, digital messaging and more to older adults and those living with disabilities, has closed on $21 million in Series B funding. The B round had originally…
Apple Buys Device Management Startup Fleetsmith
Apple Inc. (AAPL) has snapped up U.S. device management company Fleetsmith for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2014, Fleetsmith’s technology helps companies manage Apple’s Macs, iPhone, and iPad devices. As such, the startup automates device setup,…