Kirsten Korosec, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com Startup and Technology News Thu, 22 May 2025 05:38:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32 Kirsten Korosec, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com 32 32 Luminar secures up to $200M following CEO departure and layoffs https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/luminar-secures-up-to-200m-following-ceo-departure-and-layoffs/ Thu, 22 May 2025 00:30:43 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010783 Luminar kicks off another round of layoffs amid CEO’s sudden resignation https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/luminar-kicks-off-another-round-of-layoffs-amid-ceos-sudden-resignation/ Tue, 20 May 2025 23:56:26 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010053 The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/the-people-in-elon-musk-doge-universe/ Tue, 20 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2966374 Google I/O 2025 live coverage: Google AI Ultra, Project Mariner, Gemini app updates, and more https://techcrunch.com/storyline/google-i-o-2025-live-coverage-google-ai-ultra-project-mariner-gemini-app-updates-and-more/ Tue, 20 May 2025 15:27:06 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?post_type=tc_storyline&p=3008938
I/O will showcase product announcements from across Google’s portfolio. We're looking forward to plenty of news relating to Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube, and — of course — Google’s AI-powered chatbot, Gemini.

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Waymo gets OK to expand robotaxi service into more of Silicon Valley https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/waymo-gets-ok-to-expand-robotaxi-service-into-more-of-silicon-valley/ Tue, 20 May 2025 00:49:16 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3009202 Waymo and Uber are giving some riders early access to Atlanta robotaxi service https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/waymo-and-uber-are-giving-some-riders-early-access-to-atlanta-robotaxi-service/ Mon, 19 May 2025 22:47:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3009106 Billionaire founder of Luminar replaced as CEO following ethics inquiry https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/billionaire-founder-of-luminar-replaced-as-ceo-following-ethics-inquiry/ Mon, 19 May 2025 22:09:38 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007458 TechCrunch Mobility: Google’s Gemini is coming to your car, chaos comes for Luminar, and the Amazonification of Uber 2.0 https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/techcrunch-mobility-googles-gemini-is-coming-to-your-car-chaos-comes-for-luminar-and-the-amazonification-of-uber-2-0/ Fri, 16 May 2025 18:06:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008133 Is $1 billion a lot of money these days? https://techcrunch.com/podcast/is-1-billion-a-lot-of-money-these-days/ Fri, 16 May 2025 15:13:29 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?post_type=tc_podcast&p=3008106 Waymo recalls 1,200 robotaxis following low-speed collisions with gates and chains https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/waymo-recalls-1200-robotaxis-following-low-speed-collisions-with-gates-and-chains/ Wed, 14 May 2025 19:57:55 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007353 UP.Labs-Porsche’s newest startup wants to be the Plaid of automotive retail https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/up-labs-porsches-newest-startup-wants-to-be-the-plaid-of-automotive-retail/ Tue, 13 May 2025 17:08:18 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006504 Tesla’s robotaxi plans have the attention of federal investigators https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/12/teslas-robotaxi-plans-have-the-attention-of-federal-investigators/ Mon, 12 May 2025 19:34:40 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006100 GM taps Aurora co-founder for new chief product officer role https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/12/gm-taps-aurora-co-founder-for-new-chief-product-officer-role/ Mon, 12 May 2025 15:02:02 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005823 TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla denied ‘Robotaxi’ trademark, Aurora loses a co-founder, and tariffs start to take a toll https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/09/techcrunch-mobility-tesla-denied-robotaxi-trademark-aurora-loses-a-co-founder-and-tariffs-start-to-take-a-toll/ Fri, 09 May 2025 17:35:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005274 Meta’s speeding up the ‘Mad Men to Math Men’ pipeline https://techcrunch.com/podcast/metas-speeding-up-the-mad-men-to-math-men-pipeline/ Fri, 09 May 2025 15:56:58 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?post_type=tc_podcast&p=3005273 Aurora co-founder Sterling Anderson is leaving the self-driving truck startup https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/aurora-co-founder-sterling-anderson-is-leaving-the-self-driving-truck-startup/ Thu, 08 May 2025 20:49:39 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005054 Why Hims & Hers turned to the autonomous vehicle industry to find an AI-savvy CTO https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/hims-hers-ceo-turned-to-the-autonomous-vehicle-industry-to-find-an-ai-savvy-exec/ Thu, 08 May 2025 10:50:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3004634 Bosch Ventures is turning its attention to North America with new $270M fund https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/bosch-ventures-new-270m-fund-is-turning-its-attention-to-north-america/ Thu, 08 May 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3004627 Uber invests $100M in WeRide to fuel robotaxi expansion across 15 more cities https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/uber-invests-100m-in-weride-to-fuel-robotaxi-expansion-across-15-more-cities/ Wed, 07 May 2025 15:14:32 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3003242 Amazon-owned Zoox issues recall following robotaxi crash https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/amazon-owned-zoox-issues-recall-following-robotaxi-crash/ Tue, 06 May 2025 19:06:45 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3003619