Tim De Chant

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Porsche shutters e-bike, battery, software subsidiaries as part of company overhaul - TechCrunch

Business May 10, 2026

Porsche is closing three of its subsidiaries as it copes with falling sales and declining profits, the German automaker announced Friday. The automakers battery subsidiary, Cellforce Group, is perhaοΏ½...

The biggest US power grid is under strain from AI β€” and no one is happy - TechCrunch

Business May 9, 2026

Pity the grid operator PJM Interconnection. For decades it worked quietly and in the background, matching electricity demand with supply. Meanwhile, customers enjoyed some of the lowest electricity pοΏ½...

X-energy stock pops 27% on first day of trading following upsized IPO - TechCrunch

Business April 26, 2026

X-energys stock popped today in its debut on the Nasdaq, opening at $30.11 before closing at $29.20, up 27% over its initial public offering of $23 per share. Investors cant get enough nuclear powerοΏ½...

Meta signs deals with three nuclear companies for 6-plus GW of power - TechCrunch

Business January 10, 2026

Meta today announced three deals to provide its data centers with nuclear power: one from a startup, one from a smaller energy company, and one from a larger company that already operates several nucοΏ½...

Nvidia to accelerate Siemens chip-design tools using its GPUs - Yahoo Finance

Business January 7, 2026

CHONGQING, CHINA - MAY 19: In this photo illustration, the logo of Nvidia is displayed on a smartphone screen on May 19, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo by Li Hongbo/VCG via Getty Images) | Image CrοΏ½...

How Mill closed the deal with Amazon and Whole Foods - Yahoo Finance

Business December 26, 2025

Image Credits:Mill Mill may have started with households, but co-founder and CEO Matt Rogers says the food waste startup has long aspired to expand to commercial customers. This has been part of ouοΏ½...

Trump Media is merging with fusion power company TAE Technologies in $6B+ deal | TechCrunch

Crypto December 19, 2025

President Donald Trumps social media company, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), said on Thursday that its merging withΒ TAE Technologies, a Southern California-based company that has been chasi...

Environmental groups call for halt to new data center construction | TechCrunch

Crypto December 9, 2025

As energy demand for data centers soars, environmental groups are calling for a moratorium on the approval and construction of new facilities. More than 230 organizations, including Food & WaterοΏ½...

Energy storage industry set aggressive goals for 2025 β€” and already crushed them - TechCrunch

Business December 6, 2025

Nearly a decade ago, when the energy storage market was in its infancy, an industry organization set a dreamy goal: By the end of 2025, the U.S. would deploy 35 gigawatts of batteries connected to thοΏ½...

Tesla pleads for Senate to spare its booming energy business - TechCrunch

Business May 30, 2025

Tesla is a business built, in part, on government regulations and incentives, from a Department of Energy loan guarantee in 2009 to the regulatory credits it sells to other automakers, which have driοΏ½...