TechCrunch Mobility roundup: AV startup funding surge, GM $220M driver-data settlement; no direct cyber threat
This TechCrunch mobility newsletter covers business news in autonomous vehicles (AVs) and has no direct threat content. Trucks VC says it received pitches from 81 new AV startups in 2026, which it attributes to open foundation models such as Nvidia's Alpamayo and Qwen's vision-language-action models. Funding items include Re:Build ($2.1B), Bedrock Robotics ($600M at a $4.1B valuation) and PreScalar ($7M seed). Other items cover a Waymo–Toyota manufacturing partnership, Kodiak AI's truck deal with DTL Transport, and Rivian earnings. The one privacy-relevant item is that GM agreed to a $220 million settlement with 36 states over allegations that it illegally sold private driving behavior and location data to data brokers. The article says earlier settlements were reached with California and the FTC.
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TechCrunch Mobility roundup: AV startup funding surge, GM $220M driver-data settlement; no direct cyber threat
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This TechCrunch mobility newsletter covers business news in autonomous vehicles (AVs) and has no direct threat content. Trucks VC says it received pitches from 81 new AV startups in 2026, which it attributes to open foundation models such as Nvidia's Alpamayo and Qwen's vision-language-action models. Funding items include Re:Build ($2.1B), Bedrock Robotics ($600M at a $4.1B valuation) and PreScalar ($7M seed). Other items cover a Waymo–Toyota manufacturing partnership, Kodiak AI's truck deal with DTL Transport, and Rivian earnings. The one privacy-relevant item is that GM agreed to a $220 million settlement with 36 states over allegations that it illegally sold private driving behavior and location data to data brokers. The article says earlier settlements were reached with California and the FTC.