TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Day 3
This is the third and final day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Register here to get a 50% discount and don’t miss out on innovation and scaling. Disrupt won’ come back for another year.
Transportation
Uber to launch a premium robotaxi service in Waymo’s turf of San Francisco
The move puts Uber in direct competitor with Waymo, which has dominated the metro area.
Waabi unveils autonomous truck made in partnership with Volvo
The move comes as Waabi announced earlier this year that it was partnering with Volvo Autonomous Solutions to build a custom purpose built truck based on Volvo’s auto autonomy platform using Waabi’s software stack.
Aurora expands self-driving trucks route to El Paso
Aurora’s first driverless route was from Dallas to Houston. This next one is Fort Worth to El Paso.
Uber, Stellantis, Nvidia, and Foxconn make a robotaxi deal
Robotaxi fever is back, baby! After a bunch of automaker-led autonomous driving projects shut down amid concerns over safety and costs, car companies are expressing a renewed interest in self-driving cars, and robotaxis specifically. Stellantis, which oversees brands like Jeep, Ram, Dodge, and Chrysler, announced today a “new collaboration” with a diverse range of firms, […]
Lucid jumps on the ‘privately owned’ autonomous vehicle bandwagon
Lucid says it will eventually sell “privately owned” autonomous vehicles with the help of Nvidia’s artificial intelligence technology. The company is the latest to declare its intention to sell Level 4 autonomous vehicles to its customers, despite a range of theoretical and logistical challenges standing in the way. Lucid’s autonomous vehicles — which do not exist […]
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Day 2
Second day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Here’s the rundown to what to expect, including the 50% discount on passes for remainder of the event.
Glīd is building an autonomous shortcut to move freight from road to rail — catch it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Damoa pinpointed the problem: the complex, multi-step process moving a container from a ship to a freight train. He founded Glīd Technologies to try and solve it.
Waymo’s co-CEO on the challenge of scaling robotaxis safely
Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana believes the robotaxi company can increase road safety by reaching scale.
Waymo co-CEO on robotaxi vandalism: ‘We’re not standing for it’
Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana opened up at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 about the vandalism of its cars and how the company pushes back on government surveillance requests.