TechCrunch Mobility: The Eye-catching Review of Applied Intuition, The New Age of MicroMobility, Waymo’s Wild Week

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Waymo He may be the largest commercial robotax operator. It offers 250,000 paid rides a week, but it’s not smooth.

The last seven days in the Waymo world show how dynamic the burgeoning Robotaxi business is. company Limited nationwide services On June 13, ahead of President Donald Trump and his “no Kings” protests against his policies.

A few days later, Waymo announced it Expanding the Robotaxi service area up to 80 square miles in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley.

And now Waymo is looking at the largest city in the United States. New York City. One note about NYC: This will be a Waymo marathon. The company has applied for permission to test self-driving cars in the city, but if approved, that doesn’t mean driverless testing. Truly unmanned vehicles (no human behind the wheels) require a change in state law. Hopefully there will be an increase in lobbying in the state.

Let’s get into the rest of the news.

Little bird

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Great deal!

Intuition of application They continue to attract investors and have an eye-opening rating to show it.

Buzzy startups that create software that help businesses and government agencies develop self-driving vehicle solutions, such as simulation software and data management, are 600 million dollar Series F and public offer. The round, co-led by BlackRock-controlled funds and Kleiner Perkins, pushed its valuation to $15 billion. Yes, $15 billion.

Other investors include Qatar Investment Bureau, Abu Dhabi Investment Council and Greycroft. The general growth fund bonds of existing investors such as Catalyst, Lux, Elad Gil and Mary Meeker also participated.

Reminder: The round comes just a year after completing the $250 million Series E, and the company has now valued at $6 billion.

Other deals worth noting…

Archer Airlines I’ve raised it Additional $850 million Through a direct registration offer of 85 million shares at $10 per share. The company said it announced this followed President Trump’s executive order to implement the EVTOL integrated pilot program in the United States.

Senna andStema Southern California-based startup developing wire harnesses for aerospace, raised $25 million Co-founder and CEO of Figma, CEO of Design Software Company in the round co-led by Dylan Field. VC Firm Civ; General Catalyst; Peter Tiel’s Founders Fund. Sequoia Capital; 8vc of Joe Lonsdale; Andreesen Horowitz.

Micro Mobility

The newsletter has a dedicated section on micromobility, reflecting its popularity at the time. Micromobility has been forced to grow the industry after a period of integration and tightening. But it hasn’t disappeared, so that’s why I’m getting it back this week (and sometimes in the future).

Reporter Rebecca Veran hosted the Round Table CEO Fredrik Hjelm, Bird CEO Michael Wasinsiand Dr. CEO Henri Moisinak At the Micromobility Europe event in Brussels. Some of her insights from the panel and the broader events include:

• Shared micromobility has evolved from public nuisance to viable public transport. Cities like Paris currently hand out four-year contracts.
• Europe has been spending easier time than it thinks Washingsi, the US, is accepting it as public transport 18-24 months from Europe.
• Companies that have survived for the past few years are better, stronger and are currently working to deepen the profitability and growth of their core markets. Bird, for example, estimates that he is 12-18 months away from his agility in free cash flow.
• Operators do that in many ways. For example, VOI is tapping on LLMS to turn user feedback into real-time, viable insights. Voi also said he is interested in acquiring companies like Bolt’s micromobility business.
• All companies said they plan to add more e-bikes to the mix. Wasinushi also noted that Bird prioritizes using data to deploy vehicles at the right place and time.
• The CEO also said he would like to see more from the city in terms of implementing scooter caps, police riders’ behavior, and creating dedicated infrastructure like protected bike lanes.

Other Micro Mobility News…

Honda Fired a vehicle called The All-electric last mile delivery First Port Equad.

Equad comes in two sizes built on the same basic platform. Both are smaller than the smallest Mini Cooper, but can carry between 320 and 650 pounds. There are pedals, and the top speed is limited to 12 mph (20 kph), both of which have requirements to keep the bike lane legal.

dull I came back and started my first e-bike since bankruptcy. Reporter Rebecca Veran digs the same thing What changed in Vanmoof.

We also provided a veranda Startup list It unfolds from the early stages of Europe’s micromobility scene.

Notable readings and other information

Self-driving cars

ZAMX First open Full-scale production facilitiesit is expected that one day they will build 10,000 Robotaxi annually.

Electric cars, batteries, charging

Tesla We are partnering with Expoify expo In Boot your weekend EV test drive. This is an interesting move by Tesla, which has historically used other methods other than third-party events such as car shows and expos to attract new customers. It can also target Electrify as the target of protesters behind the Tesla Takedown movement.

Car sharing and riding hair ring

Zoom carIndia’s auto-sharing market said Hackers have accessed personal data Of at least 8.4 million customers, including their names, phone numbers and car registration numbers. The company noticed the incident after receiving external communications from threat actors who claimed that some of its employees had access to the company’s data.

The future of flights

Paris Air Show There was a lot of news under the ever-evolving category I call “Future of Flight.” There’s too much to cover everything here, but there were some highlights: Announcements from Sean Duffy, dot secretary of the US The Federal Aviation Administration and four other regulators will cooperate. Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Roadmap; Archer Airlines I introduced it Midnight Aircraft He hosted delegations from over 20 countries. and Beta Technology It became Aria First electric aircraft Fly at the show.