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Today’s Tech Crunch Roundup
Arbor Energy just landed a billion-dollar order to bring rocket turbine tech to the power grid
25 Mar 2026, 2:17 pm by Tim De Chant
The large deal sees Arbor delivering as many as 200 of its Halcyon turbines, which can burn either natural gas or waste biomass.
Meta turns to AI to make shopping easier on Instagram and Facebook
25 Mar 2026, 2:16 pm by Sarah Perez
Meta is using generative AI to provide more product and brand information to consumers when they’re shopping in its apps.
Sony and Honda give up on their joint EV project
25 Mar 2026, 2:14 pm by Sean O’Kane
The Sony-Honda joint venture has killed plans for its Afeela sedan and SUV electric vehicles. The news comes shortly after Honda reversed its plans to launch more electric vehicles in the U.S.
Elon Musk pauses changes to X’s creator revenue-sharing program after backlash
25 Mar 2026, 1:41 pm by Ivan Mehta
Hours after announcement of the new policy Elon Musk said X is pausing the rollout.
With Sift Stack, two ex-SpaceX engineers are bringing the software that helped launch rockets to the factory floor
25 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm by Tim Fernholz
Sift is building the data infrastructure for advanced manufacturing.
Arinna raises $4M seed round to solve the space power problem
25 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm by Tim Fernholz
Arinna builds solar cells specifically for spacecraft and has developed an ultrathin new material that it expects to be far more flexible and more efficient than current technology.
Harbinger’s next product will be hybrid emergency vehicles
25 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm by Sean O’Kane
The young California startup is already building RVs, FedEx vans, and box trucks. Now its hybrid powertrain will underpin ambulances and mobile healthcare units.
After pivoting, Y Combinator grad Glimpse raises $35M led by a16z
25 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm by Dominic-Madori Davis
Glimpse announced on Wednesday a $35 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from 8VC and YC.
Lucid Bots raises $20M to keep up with demand for its window-washing dronesÂ
25 Mar 2026, 11:00 am by Rebecca Szkutak
Lucid Bots has seen demand accelerate over the last year for its window cleaning drones and power washing robots.
A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters
25 Mar 2026, 2:30 am by Lucas Ropek
Brinc launched its newest 911 response drone this week, as the company seeks to expand its prominence in the public safety industry.
Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots
25 Mar 2026, 12:53 am by Kirsten Korosec
The acquisition of Fauna Robotics is the second robotics startup Amazon has purchased this month.
With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI
25 Mar 2026, 12:47 am by Marina Temkin
The fundraise includes $1 billion for investing in early-stage startups, and $2.5 billion for late-stage growth businesses.
New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching
25 Mar 2026, 12:14 am by Connie Loizos
The dollar amount isn’t as important as the fact that this is the first jury verdict of its kind against Meta over harm to young people.
Lululemon bets Epoch Biodesign can eat its shorts, literally
25 Mar 2026, 12:01 am by Tim De Chant
Startup Epoch Biodesign uses enzymes to break plastic waste down into monomers, the chemical building blocks that can be used to make new plastic.
End of today’s Tech Crunch roundup.
