Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B TechCrunch By: Sean O'Kane 27 October 2026 at 16:31 The manufacturing accelerator bills itself as "Americaβs answer to Shenzhen."
GM to close Detroit battery-assembly plant, but not for reasons you might think TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 20 October 2026 at 15:32 GM is shuttering the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant, though the closure has nothing to do with the automaker's electrification strategy.
Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 20 October 2026 at 12:00 Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems.