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Austin

200 articles falling

Austin has appeared in 200 articles since 2015-03. Coverage peaked in 2025Q2 with 17 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Texas, Tesla, Waymo, TechCrunch.

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200
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Velocity
-28.6%
growth rate
Acceleration
+0.014
velocity change
Sources
56
publications

Coverage Timeline

2026-01-23
Bloomberg 3 related

Austin-based Neurophos, which develops a photon-based “Optical Processing Unit” to replace GPUs in AI training, raised $110M led by Bill Gates' Gates Frontier

TechCrunch 35 related

Elon Musk says Tesla launched robotaxi rides in Austin with no human safety driver; Tesla's AI lead says Tesla is “starting with a few unsupervised vehicles”

Tesla is offering passengers robotaxi rides in Austin without a human safety driver in the front seat.

2026-01-22
TechCrunch 23 related

Elon Musk says Tesla launched robotaxi rides in Austin with no human safety driver; Tesla's AI lead says Tesla is “starting with a few unsupervised vehicles”

Tesla is offering passengers robotaxi rides in Austin without a human safety driver in the front seat.

Bloomberg 8 related

Austin-based Neurophos, which develops a photon-based “Optical Processing Unit” to replace GPUs in AI training, raised $110M led by Bill Gates' Gates Frontier

Bill Gates' VC fund, Microsoft Corp.'s investment arm and Saudi Arabia's Aramco Ventures are investing $110 million in Neurophos Inc. …

2026-01-13
Axios

Austin-based webAI, which is building AI models that run locally on devices, raised “high double-digit” millions in a Series A at a $2.5B pre-money valuation

WebAI, an Austin, Texas-based sovereign AI platform, raised “high double-digit” millions of dollars at a $2.5 billion pre-money valuation, it tells Axios.

2025-12-26
New York Times 7 related

Tesla's robotaxi service in Austin significantly trails Waymo, deploying an estimated 30 cars with safety drivers, vs. Waymo's 200 cars without human monitors

What?  Oh, never mind.  —  We'll always have Twitter to remember him.  [embedded post] Mastodon: @GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai : @Techmeme  —  The safety record of this minuscule population of vehicle...

2025-12-25
New York Times 3 related

Tesla's robotaxi service in Austin significantly trails Waymo, deploying an estimated 30 cars with safety drivers, vs. Waymo's 200 cars without human monitors

Shares of Tesla have hit new highs on optimism about the company's self-driving taxis.  But experts say Tesla is far behind Waymo, which has a big head start.

2025-12-16
CNBC 19 related

Tesla's shares closed at a 2025 high on December 15, after the company confirmed it is testing its driverless vehicles in Austin without a human safety operator

or Riders Howard Smith / Motley Fool : Why Tesla Stock Hit an All-Time High Today Akash Sriram / Reuters : Tesla shares jump as Musk confirms driverless robotaxi testing Stan Schroeder / Mashable : Dr...

2025-12-03
Bloomberg 16 related

Uber partners with Avride to launch robotaxi rides in Dallas, marking Uber's fourth US city to offer autonomous ride options, after Phoenix, Austin, and Atlanta

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg :

2025-11-20
Wired 1 related

Paradromics says it received FDA approval for a human trial of its Connexus brain implant, aimed at restoring speech to those with severe motor impairments

The Austin-based startup will test its high-bandwidth device to help restore speech in people with extremely limited movement.

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Quarterly Coverage

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Austin has appeared in 176 Techmeme articles since March 2015. The biggest stories include Sources: Samsung plans to produce iPhone 18 image sensors in Austin, Texas; an expert... and Sources: Twitter agreed to delay a deposition of Elon Musk by its lead litigation.... Frequently covered alongside Tesla, TechCrunch, Waymo, Apple, and Google. Coverage has increasingly focused on funding, consumer themes.

Key Moments

2024Q2safety -67pts; developer -11pts; consumer -33pts
2024Q3enterprise +17pts; developer +17pts; funding +50pts
2024Q4enterprise -17pts; developer -17pts; funding -17pts

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