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TechCrunch May 29, 2026 at 00:14 Startups Rising Hot

Waymo dominates autonomous vehicle registrations as Tesla trails behind

A new law and AV tracker tool gives the clearest accounting yet of how many robotaxis and self-driving trucks are in Texas.

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May 29, 2026 at 00:14 TechCrunch

Waymo dominates autonomous vehicle registrations as Tesla trails behind

A new law and AV tracker tool gives the clearest accounting yet of how many robotaxis and self-driving trucks are in Texas.

May 22, 2026 at 16:19 Hacker News

Built AI forensic accounting software with my dad

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May 14, 2026 at 15:20 TechCrunch

Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose first startup, Bench, imploded

Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.

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Largest electric autonomous container ship begins commercial service

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Apr 30, 2026 at 17:15 TechCrunch

Stripe updates Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can use, too

Link lets users connect cards, banks, and subscriptions, then authorize AI agents to spend securely via approval flows.

Apr 22, 2026 at 22:39 TechCrunch

Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self-Driving’

The admission could open Tesla to legal challenges after it spent years promising customers they were just one software update away from ...

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Waymo’s newest robotaxi is Chinese-made, built to make money, and now accepting riders

The launch of the Ojai minivan robotaxi comes after years of development and testing, but arrives amid a challenging time for Waymo.

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TechCrunch May 22, 2026 at 00:37 Startups
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Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods

Waymo's robotaxi service is now suspended in both Atlanta and San Antonio, as the company works to stop its vehicles from driving into flooded roads.

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Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation

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