Filings: Caterpillar acquires self-driving electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor's assets, after it raised $200M+ and struggled to pivot to software services (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)

Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: Filings: Caterpillar acquires self-driving electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor's assets, after it raised $200M+ and struggled to pivot to software services — Monarch Tractor's assets have been acquired by construction giant Caterpillar, after struggling to pivot to a software services business …

AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm invest 60M in London-based self-driving tech startup Wayve as part of an extension to its 1.2B Series D, announced in February (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
Amazon quietly expands Amazon Autos to offer cars from Kia, Mazda, Subaru, Chevrolet, and Jeep, after launching with Hyundai; the service is in 130+ US cities (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal)
US-based Credo, which specializes in data center connectivity, agrees to acquire Israeli chip startup DustPhotonics in a cash-and-stock deal worth up to $1.3B (CTech)
Intel added 100B+ in value and now has a 300B+ market cap after its stock jumped 53% in nine sessions on plans to buy an Ireland fab and join Terafab (Bloomberg)

Source: Techmeme | 2026-04-15

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