GM joint venture to receive $2.5B government loan for U.S. battery plants

The U.S. Department of Energy is reviving an old loan program and its first recipient is the joint battery venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution. The $2.5... Read more »

Faraday’s future on shaky ground as EV production delayed again

Faraday Future has delayed production of its FF91 flagship electric vehicle due to lack of money and supply chain issues, the company said in a regulatory filing. The troubled... Read more »

Instagram gets worse with dark patterns lifted from Tiktok

I, of all people, got a fresh new user interface in Instagram the other day. Although the company has not rolled it out to all users yet, the changes... Read more »

Peech is a text-to-speech app that actually sounds good

When you go into the App Store to download the Peech app, you’ll notice right away that the app’s icon displays the Ukrainian flag along with the company’s simple... Read more »

VCs and founders alike say investors should fold reproductive rights into ESG standards

Traditionally, U.S. private market investors who adopted environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) frameworks — the very few thus far — did so to evaluate a potential company or... Read more »

Dead spiders: nature’s robot hands

This wasn’t a story you were expecting to read today, nor was it one I was expecting to write. Heck, judging from their interviews on the subject, it’s probably... Read more »

Private equity descends on Chartbeat

Chartbeat, a website that tells publishers about their readers, is getting the private equity treatment. Launched out of Betaworks in 2009, the service offered real-time analytics back when Google... Read more »

Crypto valuations may sink until September as VCs play a waiting game

Tons of capital has been raised across the crypto industry in recent months, but there has been a noticeable pause in deployment. That might change in the coming months.... Read more »

Can a baby’s cry identify neurological disorders? Ubenwa says ‘yes’

When Charles Onu’ cousin was both born with birth asphyxia and later developed a hearing condition, the seed for Ubenwa, an audio biometric company geared at identifying neurological disorders... Read more »

Applications to the Startup Battlefield 200 close this week

Your chance to step into a huge spotlight of opportunity and industry, investor and media exposure comes to a screeching halt this week. I’m talking about the Startup Battlefield... Read more »
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