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Kirsten Korosec

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Transportation editor @techcrunch.bsky.social. I write about the future of transportation. Wearer of helmets, backcountry wanderer & cat herder. Co-host of @autonocast.bsky.social Send tips! Signal: kkorosec.07 kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com

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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
NEW: Zoox went through a similar audit query, but was complicated since it occurred over two administrations. We’ll see how long this lasts and if Tesla keeps those cybercabs on the road in the meantime techcrunch.com/2026/09/04/f...
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Feds launch investigation into Tesla's Cybercab deployment | TechCrunch
The investigation was launched just a few hours after Tesla put the first production Cybercabs on the road in Austin.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
SpaceX has lost more than a Tesla in market cap since its ipo… www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/s... by Oliver Renick @cnbc.com
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SpaceX has now lost the equivalent of a full Tesla in market capitalization
Elon Musk's space company has wiped off more than $1.2 trillion in market cap since hitting a high of $225.64 per share in June.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Rep. Mullins is planning to introduce a bill that will direct federal regulators to establish minimum national safety standards for autonomous vehicle operators. This is in response to more incidents b/w robotaxis and emergency responders. techcrunch.com/2026/07/28/w...
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Waymo, robotaxi operators face fresh scrutiny over emergency response failures | TechCrunch
Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-California ) has proposed bill would direct federal regulators to establish minimum national safety standards for autonomous vehicle operators — action that follows a series of in...
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
for those might roll their eyes on what seems to be a subtle change (volume production to just production) remember this is an SEC filing, not some claim on social media. Words matter!
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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 22/07/2026
one for the nerds -- Tesla resumed reporting Automotive Gross Margin / Automotive Gross Margin minus regulatory credits all those quarters spent with @danahull.bsky.social learning from @liamdenning.bsky.social how to napkin math that figure for nothing!! 😂 assets-ir.tesla.com/tesla-conten...
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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 15/07/2026
NTSB confirms Tesla's account of last month's fatal crash in Texas -- namely, that the driver pressed the accelerator to 100% before slamming into the house and killing a resident, overriding the FSD (Supervised) which had been active techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/t...
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Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms | TechCrunch
The safety board confirmed Tesla's account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A hearing today on a proposed autonomous vehicle bill puts partners Waymo and Uber on opposing sides. This is also a test case of Uber's new lobbying effort to require robotaxis to operate on a ride-hailing network that uses human drivers. techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/u...
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Uber’s robotaxi lobbying effort puts it on a collision course with Waymo | TechCrunch
Washington, D.C. has become a battleground for Uber and Waymo's competing views.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Rivian owners have filed a lawsuit against the company over allegations that it made false promises on self-driving features ... be curious to see how this pans out as many many people have tried to sue Tesla for similar reasons, with mixed results. techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/r...
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Rivian owners sue over false promises on self-driving features | TechCrunch
Plaintiffs in the class action complaint allege Rivian falsely promised for years it would bring hands-free driving to its first-generation R1 vehicles.
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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 08/06/2026
NEW with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social: Waymo just bought Apple's proving ground that it used for Project Titan for $220 million techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/w...
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Waymo bought Apple's self-driving car proving ground for $220M | TechCrunch
Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre proving ground in Arizona owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a Delaware shell company associated with
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
In 2023, we had Lectric co-founder Levi Conlow on @autonocast.bsky.social He was so over-the-top bullish that some might have rolled their eyes. But checking in with them now ... it has done more than survive. 3 new brands in 6 months, a record sales month in May etc. techcrunch.com/2026/06/05/a...
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As VC-backed e-bike startups went bankrupt, bootstrapped Lectric grew | TechCrunch
Lectric, which says the U.S. market is ripe for competition and choice, has launched three new brands in the past six months.
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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 03/06/2026
SCOOOOOP: Carvana got a warrant to buy shares in Slate Auto last year, ahead of the Bezos-backed EV startup's Series C funding round. The tie-up between the startup and the online retailer comes as Carvana is reportedly getting into new car sales. More ⤵️ techcrunch.com/2026/06/03/c...
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Exclusive: Carvana ties up with Bezos-backed Slate Auto as it plans new car sales | TechCrunch
Carvana was granted a warrant to buy shares in Slate last year, according to documents obtained by TechCrunch. Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter is heavily invested in both companies.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Among some of the gems to come out of the SpaceX S-1
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
but think of the friends we made along the way @seanokane.bsky.social 🙃
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Latest from @seanokane.bsky.social on the Slate beat, which he has pretty much dominated. 🙌
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Another Tesla earnings in the books. A few stories from me and @seanokane.bsky.social ... highlights ... Musk admits millions of Tesla owners will need hardware upgrades for FSD and proposes (wait for it) using micro-factories. Gonna place a bet that doesn't happen techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/e...
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Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true 'Full Self-Driving' | TechCrunch
The admission could open Tesla to legal challenges after it spent years promising customers they were just one software update away from owning fully autonomous cars.
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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 13/04/2026
Nice chunk of change but idk seems a bit weird to me that only one investor wants (or was allowed) to be named as investing in this third funding round of a buzzy startup that calls Jeff Bezos a backer! techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/s...
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Slate Auto raises $650M to fund its affordable EV truck plans | TechCrunch
Slate Auto's latest funding round was led by existing investor TWG Global, a firm run by LA Dodgers owner Mark Walter.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 25/03/2026
the scandal is not that Waymo uses remote guidance to move its stuck vehicles, the scandal is that sometimes they don't techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/w...
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Waymo relies on firefighters and police to bail out stuck robotaxis | TechCrunch
In at least six instances identified by TechCrunch, first responders have had to take control of Waymo vehicles and move them out of traffic during emergency situations.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
There is a lot of opaqueness around robotaxi operations and this digs into just one aspect to help us all understand what happens and why. And while this is a Waymo issue today, many other companies will have to figure this out if they successfully launch robotaxis in cities.
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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 20/02/2026
SCOOP: Lucid Motors is making a hefty 12% cut to its full-time U.S. workforce, according to an internal memo obtained by me at @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2026/02/20/l...
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Lucid Motors slashes 12% of its workforce as it seeks profitability | TechCrunch
The layoffs affect hundreds of full-time workers in the US, according to an internal memo obtained by TechCrunch.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Our new deputy editor gstarr.bsky.social ... put it well "Tesla is now one of the biggest backers of deepfakes" techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/t...
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Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk's xAI | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
NTSB is now involved per @seanokane.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/w...
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Waymo probed by National Transportation Safety Board over illegal school bus behavior | TechCrunch
The NTSB joins the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in investigating Waymo vehicles illegally passing stopped school buses.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Autonocast's @alexroy144.bsky.social and @niedermeyer.online interview David Moss about his zero intervention coast-to-coast Tesla FSD drive. Sorry to my many fans; I was not on this one. www.autonocast.com/blog/2026/1/22/354-1st-coast-to-coast-zero-intervention-tesla-fsd-drive-wdavid-moss
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#354: 1st Coast-to-Coast Zero Intervention Tesla FSD Drive w/David Moss — Autonocast
David Moss joins Alex Roy and Ed Niedermeyer to discuss his zero intervention coast-to-coast Tesla FSD drive. Alex is excited. Ed less so, until the end.
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 22/01/2026
Musk’s participation in the bikini trend opened the floodgates. Grok went from making 300k images a week to 4.4 million. Read more from me, @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com and @stuartathompson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
who could have predicted this? @zackwhittaker.com in February 2025 techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/d...
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The biggest breach of US government data is under way | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's DOGE has taken control and accessed large swathes of Americans' private information held by the U.S. federal government.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New @techcrunch.com Equity pod episode is live and @seanokane.bsky.social has joined the show! And we do talk about more than just AI. Lots more on the business of tech beat, including fusion energy, robotaxis, bankrupt lidar company Luminar, and more. techcrunch.com/podcast/open...
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OpenAI and Anthropic are making their play for healthcare, and we're not surprised
Equity digs into why Anthropic, OpenAI, and the rest of the AI world is suddenly obsessed with healthcare, and more of the week's headlines.
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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
While it's unclear if it will be successful, the reboot is notable. 18 months ago I had sources within the company wondering if it would survive or get absorbed into Hyundai. Engineers worried they would be working on L2 advanced driver tech. It seems Hyundai is still committed to the robotaxi idea.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/01/2026
Some 600 immigrant kids were sent to federal custody by ICE in 2025. A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf. Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn. (Published Nov. 2025)
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ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
the world is getting topsy turvy ... Mobileye just acquired the humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics for $900M ... sidenote: Mobileye co-founder and president Amnon Shashua is the co-founder of Mentee 🙃 techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/m...
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Mobileye acquires humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics for $900M | TechCrunch
Mentee Robotics was co-founded by Mobileye president Amnon Shashua.
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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 21/12/2025
Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout. With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections. missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
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Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Yet another pivot from Ford. From @seanokane.bsky.social and me. tl,dr: Large EVs out. Hybrids in! "Range extenders" in! techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/f... And in the what-do-we-do-with-this-capacity category: a new energy storage business is born. techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/f...
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Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid  | TechCrunch
Ford will invest about $2 billion into the new business over the next two years.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
@seanokane.bsky.social offers some insights into the demo ride he took with Rivian (and its future automated-driving feature), and other musings .. techcrunch.com/2025/12/12/r...
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Riding onboard with Rivian's race to autonomy | TechCrunch
Rivian demonstrated the progress it's made, and in the process showed just how far it still has to go to make its cars autonomous.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Latest scoop from @seanokane.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/o...
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Exclusive: OSHA investigating new crane accident at SpaceX's Starbase facility | TechCrunch
A subcontractor says he was crushed by a metal support, breaking his hip, knee, and tibia. He's suing SpaceX and the construction company who employed him.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I expect this will be brought up during Rivian's AI and Autonomy Day. The company has been working on this for nearly two years. techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/r...
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Rivian is building its own AI assistant | TechCrunch
The EV maker will likely share more details on its upcoming AI and autonomy day scheduled for December 11.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/12/2025
#ICYMI: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detailed the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program. (Published Oct. 2025)
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
And now Waymo is getting ready to issue a voluntarily software recall for its robotaxis following inquiries into how they operate around school buses ... techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/w...
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Waymo to issue software recall over how robotaxis behave around school buses | TechCrunch
The voluntary recall comes as scrutiny by federal regulators and local school district officials increases.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Scoop from @seanokane.bsky.social
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 04/12/2025
Texting while driving is banned in nearly every state, even with the use of advanced driver assistance systems like Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software.
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Musk says new Tesla software allows texting and driving, which is illegal in most states | TechCrunch
Texting while driving is banned in nearly every state, even with the use of advanced driver assistance systems like Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software.
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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 24/11/2025
incidentally, this is precisely what everybody said would happen with robotaxis, huge numbers of empty vehicles clogging up streets.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Cue the dramatic music ... two companies developing electric air taxis are now involved in a lawsuit. Joby is suing Archer Aviation techcrunch.com/2025/11/20/j...
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Joby Aviation makes 'corporate espionage' claims in lawsuit against rival Archer | TechCrunch
Joby alleges one of its former employees shared stolen trade secrets when he was hired by Archer.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
What the heck is going on at this plant?
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Sean with another scoop about AV tractor startup Monarch Tractor
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Reached out to ADOT today for a check in on where Tesla was with its ride-hailing (TNC) permit in AZ. And hey, some news. techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/t...
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Tesla receives ride-hailing permit in Arizona in last required step to launch robotaxi service | TechCrunch
Tesla received a ride-hailing permit this week from Arizona regulators, opening the door for the automaker to begin operating a robotaxi service in the
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
new troubles for monarch
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
@techcrunch.com has a new podcast called Build Mode and it's live! Check it out here techcrunch.com/podcast/buil...
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Build Mode starts at the beginning: How Forethought AI found product-market fit
In the debut episode of the Build Mode podcast, host Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Deon Nicholas, co-founder of Forethought AI, to unpack what it really takes to build a lasting company with and...
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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 10/11/2025
NEW: Rad Power Bikes has told employees it will go out of business in January without new funding. The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart. Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...
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Rad Power Bikes faces shutdown in January without new funding | TechCrunch
The company is "still fighting to find ways to continue" according to an email viewed by TechCrunch.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Not a surprise. Although I will say these developments continue to shock the hell out of me. Absolutely stunning pay package. More to come from @seanokane.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/t...
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Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk's $1T pay package | TechCrunch
The proposal received more than 75% approval. Musk can earn the $1 trillion in shares over the next 10 years if Tesla hits a number of milestones.
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
@seanokane.bsky.social 's scoop of Slate from back in April comes full circle with the company's CEO Chris Barman coming on the #TechCrunchDisrupt2025 stage
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I will be interviewing Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana on Monday at @techcrunch.com Disrupt 2025 .... Have any question for her? Drop them here. Also, on Tuesday @seanokane.bsky.social has two great interviews scheduled: Slate CEO Chris Barman and Wayve CEO Alex Kendall
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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