Tesla execs Drew Baglino and Rohan Patel leave as company lays off 10% | TechCrunch

Tesla execs Drew Baglino and Rohan Patel leave as company lays off 10% | TechCrunch

TechCrunch 2024-04-15 09:33:20 Two high-profile executives have departed Tesla the same day that the electric automaker laid off thousands of workers, TechCrunch has confirmed. Drew Baglino, Tesla’s SVP of Powertrain and Energy, and Rohan Patel, VP of Public Policy and Business Development, have left the company, Patel told TechCrunch. Patel said he decided to leave…

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Meta to close Threads in Turkey to comply with injunction prohibiting data sharing with Instagram | TechCrunch

Meta to close Threads in Turkey to comply with injunction prohibiting data sharing with Instagram | TechCrunch

TechCrunch 2024-04-15 07:18:45 Meta said on Monday that it plans to “temporarily” shutter Threads in Turkey from April 29, in response to an interim injunction imposed by the Turkish competition authority last month over the way Meta shares data between Threads and Instagram. The Turkish Competition Authority (TCA), known as Competition Authoritynoted on March 18…

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Lawhive raises $12M to expand its legal tech AI platform for small firms | TechCrunch

Lawhive raises $12M to expand its legal tech AI platform for small firms | TechCrunch

TechCrunch 2024-04-15 05:58:27 U.K.-based legal tech startup Legalwhich offers an AI-based, in-house “lawyer” through a software-as-a-service platform targeted at small law firms, has raised £9.5 million ($11.9 million) in a seed round to expand the reach of AI-driven services for “main street” law firms. To date, most legal tech startups that have deployed AI have…

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TechCrunch Mobility: Cruise robotaxis return and Ford’s BlueCruise comes under scrutiny | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Mobility: Cruise robotaxis return and Ford’s BlueCruise comes under scrutiny | TechCrunch

TechCrunch 2024-04-14 14:15:13 Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. It was another wild week in the world of transportation, particularly in the EV startup…

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