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It’s the end of the road for Cruise, and Bluesky is still taking off
Almost one decade after its $1 billion acquisition of Cruise, automaker General Motors has decided to give up on the self-driving startup. GM will now use Cruise tech to improve its own advanced driver assistance system with the ultimate goal of offering personal autonomous vehicles. Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha and Margaux MacColl are unpacking the week’s news and GM’s decision – which initially came as a shock considering the $10 billion GM pumped
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