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Persons: We've, Lucy MacLean, Ella Purnell, she's, Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan, Purnell, Walton Goggins, Aaron Moten, Kyle MacLachlan, we've, ExpressVPN, Ella Purnell's Organizations: Business, PT, Amazon Prime, Amazon Locations: Los Angeles

☆ OpenAI invites Altman, Brockman to HQ:, The Information reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Sam Altman, CEO of Microsoft-backed OpenAI and ChatGPT creator speaks during a talk at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Microsoft Corp FollowOpenai LLC FollowNov 19 (Reuters) - Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former President Greg Brockman joined executives at the company's San Francisco headquarters on Sunday after interim CEO Mira Murati told staff she invited Altman, The Information reported on Sunday. OpenAI declined to comment to Reuters on the details of the report from The Information. OpenAI’s former president and co-founder, Brockman also arrived at the office on Sunday, The Information reported. Brockman had stepped down from the board as chairman as part of the management shuffle, and announced on Friday he quit the company.

Persons: Sam Altman, Amir Cohen, Greg Brockman, Mira Murati, Altman, Altman's, Brockman, Urvi, Stephanie Kelly, Chris Reese Organizations: Microsoft, Tel Aviv University, REUTERS, San, Sunday, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, San Francisco, Bengaluru, New York

OpenAI and Altman did not reply to requests for comment. Kholsa Ventures, an early backer of OpenAI, wants Altman back at OpenAI but "will back him in whatever he does next," the fund's founder Vinod Khosla posted on X on Saturday. Others expressed support for joining Altman in starting a company, a third person familiar with the matter said. Tech website The Verge earlier reported the OpenAI board's discussions with Altman to return as CEO. Forbes reported on Saturday investors were plotting to restore Altman as CEO.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Vinod Khosla, Altman's, Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, Brockman, Szymon Sidor, Sidor, Jony, SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, Brad Lightcap, Forbes, Krystal Hu, Anna Tong, Jeffrey Dastin, Gursimran, Chizu Nomiyama, Kenneth Li, William Mallard Organizations: Microsoft, Kholsa Ventures, Union, U.S, Altman, Reuters . Tech, Thomson Locations: OpenAI, New York, San Francisco, Gursimran Kaur, Bengaluru

☆ Aeva to supply self-driving sensors to NTT-backed May Mobility
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Stephen Nellis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sensor is seen on a vehicle at Aeva Inc, a Mountain View, California-based startup that makes lidar sensors to help self-driving vehicles see the road in an undated handout photo provided September 4, 2020. Courtesy of Aeva Inc/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - Aeva Technologies (AEVA.N) on Wednesday said it has inked a deal to supply May Mobility with a key sensor for its self-driving shuttles. Silicon Valley-based Aeva has developed what is known as a lidar sensor that helps self-driving vehicles gain a detailed, long-range view of the road. Under the deal, Aeva will supply multiple sensors for "thousands" of May Mobility vehicles through 2028, Aeva Chief Executive Officer Soroush Salehian told Reuters in an interview. He said May Mobility will need to rewrite some of its software to use the Aeva sensors but that they will eventually improve the long-range sensing of its shuttles, which are based on Toyota Sienna minivans.

Persons: Cruise, Soroush Salehian, Edwin Olson, Olson, Stephen Nellis, Mark Potter Organizations: Aeva Inc, REUTERS, Aeva Technologies, Mobility, Motors, Japan's Nippon, Telephone, NTT, Toyota, Aeva, Reuters, May Mobility, Toyota Sienna, San, Thomson Locations: , California, Silicon, Michigan, San Francisco

☆ France says Ariane 6 accord calls for public aid, 11% cost cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] General view of Ariane 6, Europe's next-generation space rocket, production line of Ariane Group in Bremen, Germany, February 19, 2019. The deal between Europe's three leading launch nations also clarifies usage of the European spaceport in French Guiana and opens up competition to future launchers, Le Maire said. A separate statement by France, Germany and Italy said Avio's (AVI.MI) Vega C would receive up to 21 million euros in public support. "This is a major success and a decisive point in European space history. It preserves European unity on the question of access to space," Le Maire told reporters following talks between members of the 22-nation European Space Agency (ESA).

Persons: Europe's, Fabian Bimmer, Bruno Le Maire, Le Maire, Safran, Avio's, Vega, Tim Hepher, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Mark Potter Organizations: Ariane, REUTERS, Rights, French Finance, Airbus, European Space Agency, ESA, Thomson Locations: Bremen, Germany, France, Italy, Guiana

Oct 30 (Reuters) - 3D metal-printing startup Seurat Technologies on Monday hinted at potentially going public in the medium-term and said it had raised $99 million in a funding round co-led by chip designer Nvidia's (NVDA.O) venture capital arm. With the latest series C funding round, the company's valuation will approach $350 million, said a source who asked not to be named. The fundraise, co-led by Nvidia's NVentures and Capricorn's Technology Impact Fund, brought in new investors Honda Motor (7267.T) and Cubit Capital. Existing backers including Porsche and venture capital units of Xerox Holdings (XRX.O) and General Motors Co (GM.N) also participated. "Seurat's local factory deployment model provides the industry with a solution to near-shore manufacturing and to increase the resiliency of supply chains," said existing investor Porsche Automobil Holding's (PSHG_p.DE) board member Lutz Meschke.

Persons: Seurat, James DeMuth, Nvidia's NVentures, Porsche Automobil, Lutz Meschke, Akash Sriram, Devika Organizations: Technologies, Reuters, Technology, Honda Motor, Cubit, Porsche, Xerox Holdings, General Motors Co, Siemens Energy's, Thomson Locations: China, Massachusetts, Bengaluru

☆ Exclusive: Foxconn EV venture targets India, Thailand for new small car
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Sarah Wu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Mobility in Harmony (MIH) Chief Executive Officer Jack Cheng speaks at an interview with Reuters at the headquarters of Foxconn's EV platform unit in Taipei, Taiwan July 27, 2023. India and Thailand are likely contenders for production sites, he said, adding that he expected India to be crucial to MIH's longer-term growth. "I'm building another Shanghai, probably in India," Cheng said. "If this is a Foxconn plant, fantastic, it's the mother company, we put it into the Foxconn plant. If this is a local India plant and it's even more competitive, give it to the India plant."

Persons: Jack Cheng, Ann Wang, MIH, Cheng, Foxconn, Sarah Wu, Kevin Krolicki, Jamie Freed Organizations: Reuters, Foxconn's, REUTERS, EV, PTT, NIO, HK, Foxconn, Thomson Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, TAIPEI, India, Thailand, Southeast Asia, EVs, China, Shanghai

Microscopic contaminants were found in a metal used in the engine's high-pressure turbine discs - part of the engine core. In an interview, Chief Executive Greg Hayes acknowledged the airlines' frustration over a spate of problems with the Geared Turbofan (GTF) engines over the last seven years. While the latest GTF issue could be the last straw for some, we suspect that the negative (share price) response is overdone". Low-cost Indian carrier Go First, which plunged into financial crisis this year, blamed "faulty" Pratt & Whitney engines for the grounding of about half its 54 Airbus A320neos. Announcing quarterly earnings on Tuesday, RTX increased its 2023 sales expectation from $72 billion to $73 billion to $73 billion to $74 billion.

Persons: Whitney, Pratt, Greg Hayes, Safran, RTX, Robert Stallard, Wizz, Hayes, Pratyush Thakur, Valerie Insinna, Mike Stone, Susan Mathew, Rajesh Singh, Tim Hepher, Shounak Dasgupta, Sharon Singleton, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Pratt, Airbus, U.S, RTX Corp, Raytheon Technologies, CFM International, GE, Reuters, Research, Spirit Airlines Inc, JetBlue Airways, Wizz, Thomson Locations: Paris, Bengaluru, Washington, Chicago

☆ Mediobanca teams up with UK's Founders Factory in fintech push
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Elvira Pollina | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MILAN, July 24 (Reuters) - Mediobanca (MDBI.MI) will partner with London-based Founders Factory, an early-stage investor in new businesses, to promote fintech start-ups, the two companies said, as the Italian bank works to grow its international and tech footprint. Mediobanca will invest 12 million euros ($13 million) in a joint venture with Founders Factory with a view to building up 35 fintech ventures over the next five years. Founders Factory has invested so far in more than 300 tech companies, including nearly 50 financial technology ventures. "The (Mediobanca-Founders Factory) venture studio will build, finance and launch new fintech ventures that utilise advanced technologies, such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, to innovate the financial services market", the companies said. ($1 = 0.9029 euros)Reporting by Elvira Pollina; editing by Valentina Za and Gavin JonesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Alberto Nagel, Mediobanca, Nagel, Elvira Pollina, Valentina Za, Gavin Jones Organizations: MILAN, Factory, fintech, Founders Factory, Arma Partners, Thomson Locations: London, Acre

☆ Stellantis Ventures spends first 100 million euros on green drive
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The world's third largest carmaker by sales, last year launched Stellantis Ventures with an initial 300 million euros to invest in start-ups developing technologies that will further its 2030 goals, including those concerning the transition to lower-emission mobility. "We are using the strength of Stellantis Ventures to connect with companies that are developing cutting-edge technology that we believe can transform the in-cabin experience and improve the mobility sector," Stellantis technology chief Ned Curic said in a statement. Stellantis Ventures' global head Adam Bazih said the arm had so far used roughly a third of its funding to support 10 start-up companies and one mobility venture fund. They include lithium-sulfur EV batteries start-up Lyten, which Stellantis separately announced last month. Stellantis did not disclose the name of the U.S.-based mobility venture fund it is helping to fund due to a pending regulatory process, Bazih said.

Persons: Ned Curic, Adam Bazih, Stellantis, Bazih, Giulio Piovaccari, Gilles Guillaume, Jane Merriman, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Stellantis, MILAN, Stellantis Ventures, Products, Thomson Locations: U.S, Europe

[1/2] A man charges an electric vehicle (EV) at the charging hub of Indian ride-hailing BluSmart Electric Mobility in Gurugram, India, December 9, 2022. SCALING UPIndia's ride-hailing market is currently worth $13.4 billion - a tenth of China's - and penetration is just 7%, according to Statista, making the country of 1.4 billion a lucrative opportunity. BluSmart, which operates in just two cities with 5,000 vehicles, says it commands 9% market share of Delhi's ride-hailing market. In February, Uber's India chief Singh dismissed concerns about BluSmart, saying Uber still offered more diverse ride options, including scooters and autorickshaws. "In a way it (BluSmart) has forced Uber to reimagine how it wants to play in India," WEF's Khurana said.

☆ Robinhood COO Howard to retire at year-end
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

March 15 (Reuters) - Online brokerage Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) said on Wednesday its Chief Operating Officer Gretchen Howard will retire at the end of 2023. Beginning April 3, Howard will take on the role of special adviser, Robinhood said. Before her stint at Robinhood, Howard was a partner with CapitalG, Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) venture capital arm. Prior to that, she was also a vice president at Fidelity Investments. Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak DasguptaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Japan, Britain, Italy defence ministers to meet in Tokyo this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TOKYO, March 14 (Reuters) - Britain and Italy's defence chiefs will visit Japan this week to hold meetings with their local counterpart, Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada, Japan said on Tuesday. Hamada will host a trilateral meeting with British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto on Thursday, Japan's defence ministry said. He will also hold bilateral meetings with them. The three nations will discuss the jet fighter project, which marks Japan's first major industrial defence collaboration beyond the United States since World War Two. Reporting by Kaori Kaneko Editing by Chang-Ran KimOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Uber to introduce EVs in India in push to clean cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Aditi Shah | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Uber Technologies (UBER.N) said on Monday it will introduce electric vehicles (EVs) in India for ride-sharing, its first move to adopt clean cars amid an Indian government push for greater electrification of public transport and shared mobility. Uber's fleet partners will buy the EVs from Tata Motors (TAMO.NS), India's biggest electric carmaker, Prabhjeet Singh, president, Uber India and South Asia, said during a phone interview on Monday. Even with 25,000 EVs, electric cars will still be a fraction of Uber's current overall active fleet of 300,000 vehicles in India, according to Singh. Uber has set a 2040 target for 100% of its rides to be in zero-emission vehicles, public transport or with micro-mobility, including in India. Tata rival Mahindra & Mahindra (MAHM.NS) is the only other Indian automaker to build electric cars locally.

REUTERS/Phil NobleCOVENTRY, England, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Developing fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) that can go everywhere has proven harder and more expensive than expected, but investors are continuing to fund startups that target simpler self-driving vehicle solutions far removed from pedestrians and other vehicles operated by unpredictable humans. Earlier promises made by robotaxi companies of operating fleets of vehicles by the early 2020s have fallen well short. BMW iVentures has also invested in AV truck technology firm Kodiak Robotics, which managing partner Sage said has adopted a simpler approach to areas like mapping. Construction and agricultural equipment - used off-road in low-traffic environments - has been another growth area for AV startups. U.S. agricultural equipment maker AGCO Corp (AGCO.N), for instance, is using the Palo Alto, California-based startup's software for an experimental automated electric planter.

☆ Italian, Japanese leaders agree to form "strategic partnership"
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni hold a news conference at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, January 10, 2023. REUTERS/Remo CasilliROME, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida agreed at a meeting on Tuesday to strengthen ties in a range of spheres including the economy, trade and defence, the leaders said. "We have agreed to elevate our relations to the level of a strategic partnership," Meloni told reporters in a brief statement after the meeting in Rome. Among the fields of heightened cooperation, Kishida, speaking through an interpreter, cited diplomacy, investment, railways and cinema. (This story has been refiled to remove a typo in the lead)Reporting by Gavin Jones, editing by Crispian BalmerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/4] Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters, in Rome, Italy, December 16, 2022. Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, a co-founder of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, said Rome would make a final decision on how much to invest in the multi-billion-dollar project after more details had been defined. Crosetto said there should be no bar on joining forces with the rival European programme, adding that the GCAP should also aim to find new partners, especially within Europe. Italy has never disclosed details of its shipments, but Crosetto confirmed that Kyiv had requested air-defence systems, including the Franco-Italian SAMP/T. He added that Italy was also open to suggestions for joint procurement by the EU Defence Agency.

SEOUL, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) Chief Executive Luca De Meo said on Tuesday the automaker was looking to find a partner for a carve-out of its combustion-engine business that would bring scale and drive down costs on technology, including hybrids. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterDe Meo said Renault was in talks with the French government over its evolving strategy. De Meo has said Renault needs new partnerships because of the scale of the investment needed to shift toward battery-powered cars and charging. In exchange for investing in the EV venture, Nissan is looking to Renault to reduce its stake in the Japanese automaker, a person familiar with the talks said. Renault currently owns about 43% of Nissan, which in turn has a 15% stake in its long-term partner with the French state holding another 15%.

The Renault CEO was scheduled to speak to reporters in Seoul on Tuesday evening, his first public appearance since news broke of the talks with Nissan. In exchange for its investment in Renault's EV unit, Nissan has asked Renault to take steps to sell down its 43% stake in Nissan, people with knowledge of the talks have said. Nissan has a 15% stake in Renault, as does the French government, but the Japanese automaker does not have voting rights. Nissan would also have to sign off on the plan for Geely to take a large stake in Renault's gas-engine business, code-named "Horse." Volvo and Geely created a joint-venture under the name Aurobay to shift their own combustion-engine business into a new stand-alone business.

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