Cruise

Sources: several Cruise employees say they were “surprised” and “blindsided” by GM's decision to end Cruise's robotaxi program and that they expect job cuts

The news came by Slack message.  —  Cruise CEO Marc Whitten, who took the top post in June …

GM says Cruise will exit the robotaxi business, combining Cruise's and GM's technical teams to focus on autonomous and driver safety tech for upcoming GM cars

Cruise and GM's technical teams will be combined into a single effort focused on developing autonomous technology to offer …

Cruise names Marc Whitten, a former Amazon and Microsoft executive, as its new CEO

After a Cruise car hit and dragged a pedestrian, executives say they're in no rush to get back on the road, as Cruise slows its breakneck development to a crawl

Yiwen Lu / New York Times :

How GM is scrambling to save Cruise, which has become a liability after one of its automated vehicles hit and dragged a pedestrian 20 feet in October 2023

Kyle Vogt, who resigned as Cruise CEO six months ago, raised $150M for The Bot Company, a household robot startup, sources say at a $550M post-money valuation

Kenrick Cai / Forbes :

Carl Jenkins, head of hardware at Cruise, says he has resigned after six years with the company, the latest in a series of executive departures

Cruise names its first chief safety officer, Steve Kenner, to rehabilitate its image; Kenner has held top safety roles at Uber, Aurora, Kodiak, and Locomation

Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch :

Email: Cruise lays off 900 staff, or ~24% of its workforce, targeting non-engineering jobs, as part of a plan to slash costs and attempt to revamp the company

Cruise, the embattled GM self-driving car subsidiary, is laying off 900 employees, or about 24% of its workforce …

Cruise dismisses nine key executives, including COO Gil West, as the company continues to investigate an October 2 incident of its vehicle dragging a pedestrian