To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s greatest and most important stories in your inbox every day at 3:00 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Welcome back to the Daily Crunch on Friday June 18th. Congratulations! You made it to the end of the week without Alexander, who will return on Monday with sparkling eyes. TechCrunch has a … Read more
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Leen Kawas, CEO of Athira Pharma, at the 2018 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Leen Kawas, CEO of Athira Pharma, has been given a temporary leave of absence until the Seattle area biotechnology company completes a review that “emerged from Dr. Kawas emerges during his time at Washington State University ”. In after-hours … Read more
Ford has two electric vehicles in the pipeline – the e-transit truck and the F-150 Lighting Pro – for commercial customers. The automaker is now rounding off its future EV business with the acquisition of the battery management and fleet monitoring software startup Electriphi. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Ford is betting that … Read more
Facebook says it will update its community standards to clarify how it deals with satirical content based on the recommendations of the oversight board. The change goes back to a case involving a user posting a meme satirizing “the Turkish government’s efforts to deny the Armenian genocide.” Facebook originally removed the post citing its anti-hate … Read more
Lexion CEO Gaurav Oberoi. (Lexion photo) Lexion is on the move. The Seattle-based startup that helps legal teams use AI to search contracts has quadrupled revenue and gained 50 customers in the past four months, including brands like Outreach, Blue Nile, OfferUp, and others. Now the company is raising more money to accelerate growth and … Read more
Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has revived bill to create a new federal agency to protect Americans from the invasive practices of tech companies that operate in their own backyards. Last year, Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Data Protection Act, a proposal to create an independent agency to address modern privacy and technology concerns that existing state … Read more
GM has increased the money it allocates for its combined EV and autonomous driving investments from 2020 to 2025 to $ 35 billion. The largest automaker in the United States originally planned to invest $ 20 billion in the venture, but decided to grow it to $ 27 billion late last year. Now, as CNBC … Read more
Dance Church was founded in 2010 by Kate Wallich, center in white top, and has added Clara Siegel, sitting in black top, as CEO. (Photo of the dance church) Pioneer Square Labs is trying a few new steps when it comes to outsourcing a company from the Seattle startup studio and venture capital company. PSL … Read more
General Motors Co. has again increased the amount it plans to spend on investing in electric and autonomous vehicles, announcing on Wednesday that it will spend $ 35 billion by 2025 – an increase of $ 8 billion from its November 2020 plan announced previous plan. The company has set itself the goal of bringing … Read more