Amazon acquires Rivr, maker of a stair-climbing delivery robot

Amazon and Jeff Bezos had previously invested in the startup. The deal signals the e-commerce giant’s interest in doorstep delivery.

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are still open

Nominate your startup, or one you know, for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 before May 27. Chance to win $100,000 equity-free funding and VC access.

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are still open

Nominate your startup, or one you know, for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 before May 27. Chance to win $100,000 equity-free funding and VC access.

Tools for founders to navigate and move past conflict

Founders can create frameworks for working through conflict and change when the team is just two or three people, and if done correctly, it can scale with the company. 

K2 to launch its first high-powered satellite for space compute

K2’s Gravitas is an ambitious project that aims to demonstrate the tech needed to build data centers in space.

Alphabet’s X has a new spinout, and it’s going after one of the world’s most expensive bureaucratic nightmares

Anori aims to shrink the pre-development process by getting all parties, including the city, on a unified platform from the start so that compliance conflicts are surfaced in weeks instead of months or years.

Pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton is trying to raise $1B for AI-powered planes

He told the Wall Street Journal he thinks autonomous planes will be “10 times harder than Nikola ever was.”

FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms

FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant.

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says smartphone apps will disappear as AI agents take their place

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says AI agents will eventually replace apps, shifting smartphones toward systems that understand intent and act on a user’s behalf.

Nvidia is quietly building a multibillion-dollar behemoth to rival its chips business

Nvidia’s networking business raked in $11 billion last quarter despite getting significantly less fanfare than chips and gaming.