Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B TechCrunch By: Sean O'Kane 27 October 2026 at 21:31 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 21:32 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 18:00 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.
Ambrosia Energy will build a 10 GWh factory in Texas to make batteries for off-grid data centers TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 14 October 2026 at 21:51 Startup Ambrosia Energy will build a massive factory to crank out batteries to augment solar panels, creating a round-the-clock clean power plant.