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TechCrunch digest covers X’s Android app rebuild, Infinity’s $15M raise at a $100M valuation, YouTube’s updated monetization rules for AI content, and robotaxi policy debates plus related Uber/Delivery Hero deal activity.
TechCrunch reports on the Uber–Waymo policy clash over Washington, D.C.'s proposed robotaxi rules, highlighting the regulatory hurdles, stiff pricing/testing requirements, and a possible but unlikely hybrid model that could shape market dynamics and head-start advantages.
The piece portrays a forthcoming redistribution of AI wealth amid regulatory threats and a shift toward AI infrastructure funding (chip-backed loans, nuclear SMR bets), with multiple hard-data markers on funding, valuations, and regulatory moves.
Waymo paused its San Francisco robotaxi service due to a power outage, later resumed after a brief pause, with about 7,000 PG&E customers affected and the city’s mayor pushing for tougher autonomous-vehicle regulations.
SF mayor pushes state regulators for tougher robotaxi rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco.
Uber is lobbying Washington, D.C. to push a hybrid robotaxi model that co-mingles autonomous and human-driven rides, pitting it against Waymo and triggering a broader regulatory struggle (including a new DC AV bill and federal directives).
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