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- Former Cruise CEO Dan Ammann joins ExxonMobil
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- Alphabet spins out a new subsidiary, and in a sign of the times, it’s focused on quantum tech
- Web3 digital identity startup Unstoppable Domains said to seek funding at $1 billion valuation
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Dan Ammann, the New Zealand native who served as CEO of autonomous vehicle company Cruise since 2019, has moved on to ExxonMobil, where he will be leading a new business focused on commercializing low-emission business opportunities in carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and low-emission fuels, according to a statement from ExxonMobil. Ammann, the former president […]
We’re now in the era of “value-add venture capital,” where investors need to show founders that they will do more for them than merely cut a check.
Quantum tech may be having its moment at long last. Early this month, one of the few “pure play” quantum tech companies in the world, Rigetti Computing, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company or SPAC — and it only narrowly missed becoming the first publicly traded company to expressly focus on […]
Unstoppable Domains, a popular blockchain naming system provider, is putting together a funding round at a valuation of $1 billion, three people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The startup is in talks with a number of new and existing investors including Draper Associates, Coinbase Ventures, Protocol Labs and Naval Ravikant to raise about $60 […]
