Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks | TechCrunch
In most factories, automation is fixed: robots and machines are programmed for one specific task and product. Changing a line
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Cerebras CEO pushes back on AI doomsday warnings | TechCrunch
Cerebras Systems CEO and co-founder Andrew Feldman thinks the AI doomer narrative isn’t doing the industry any favors. At TechCrunch
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Helix Carbon says it can make iron cheaper by recycling blast furnace pollution | TechCrunch
The iron and steel industries are among the biggest polluters in the world. Plenty of startups have tried to cut
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FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device in conference room | TechCrunch
OpenAI said it has alerted the FBI after discovering that an employee allegedly planted a hidden recording device in one
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Judge orders OpenAI to turn over hiring records in Apple trade secrets case | TechCrunch
A judge has ruled that Apple will gain expedited access to OpenAI’s hiring materials in the trade secrets-focused lawsuit the
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Exclusive: Cambridge Heavy Industries has been quietly building a desktop fusion device | TechCrunch
Fusion power usually conjures images of massive industrial facilities laced with large lasers or magnets, but a startup in Cambridge,
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Licube wants to be the fuel provider to the fusion power industry — see how at TechCrunch Disrupt | TechCrunch
If fusion power pans out, and there are signs that it will, the world will need a lot more lithium. That’s
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Niobia takes the guesswork out of some of tech's most expensive mistakes | TechCrunch
San Francisco-based startup Niobia is betting big on a critical but often overlooked part of battery and chip making: helping
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Exclusive: Rivian's startup Mind Robotics hires former Ford EV chief Doug Field | TechCrunch
Doug Field has worked on EVs at Ford and Tesla, the not-so-secret car project at Apple, and was employee No.
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Flox Intelligence is building AI to keep wildlife away from trains, airports, and roads | TechCrunch
When I was eight, I remember our train to Mumbai ground to a halt with a great noise. When we
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