Jalen Brunson and Mark Cuban shared a somewhat awkward, tense exchange about Brunson’s 2022 free agency exit from the Dallas Mavericks on Brunson’s “Roommates” podcast. Brunson, of course, left the Mavericks for the New York Knicks in 2022 for a four-year, $ 104 million contract. Brunson has been eligible to sign a four-year, $ 56 […]
Founder of failed fintech Synapse says he’s raised $11M for new robotics startup
Tens of millions of customer dollars remain unaccounted for at his previous startup, fintech Synapse. But that’s not deterring Sankaet Pathak from forging full steam ahead with his new robotics venture. Foundation is a robotics startup with a self-proclaimed mission “to create advanced humanoid robots that can operate in complex environments” to address the labor […]
Why Fisker failed
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I’m back from holiday in Denmark and Germany, where I managed to try just about every kind of transportation, from bikes to scooters, to driving on the […]
Fisker failed because it wasn’t ready to be a car company
Two years ago, an employee at Fisker Inc. told me that the most pressing concern inside the EV startup was not whether its Ocean SUV would get built. Fisker was outsourcing the manufacturing of its first EV to highly respected automotive supplier Magna, after all. The startup’s November 2022 start-of-production target was aggressive, but not […]
One Year Later — Where Is Rain’s “Failed” K-Pop Group?
Last June, the first announcement of KCON LA artists sparked an unexpected backlash centered around one of the artists. Rain, a legendary artist, was the cause of this, all linked to the treatment of the boy group under his label. Rain In 2021, the boy group Ciipher debuted under the label, and many fans were excited to […]