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Flint wants to disrupt the battery industry with paper
Lithium-ion batteries have become the standard in the electrification revolution. In fact, they’ve become so unquestionably integral to the development of batteries that everyone from government to automakers to big oil is rushing to shore up access to the mineral. The only problem is, lithium is expensive, time-consuming and labor-intensive to extract. And that extraction…
Introducing the 2023 Startup Battlefield Top 20 onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt
I’m thrilled to announce the Startup Battlefield 20 companies, pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. After last year’s big hit, TechCrunch editorial hand-selected 200 startups, out of thousands of applicants, to…
Crypto startup Pillow, backed by Accel and Quona, to discontinue all services
Singapore-headquartered Pillow plans to discontinue all its services and app in the coming weeks, it warned customers Friday, citing regulatory uncertainty that has claimed countless other crypto startups in recent…
How to help Californians whose tap water is tainted
Karen Lewis knows about water problems. The 67-year-old lives in Compton, where the water coming out of her tap is tinged brown by manganese, a metal similar to iron, from…
A Flint, MI university turned vacant land into autonomous vehicle proving grounds
Kettering University unveiled this week an automotive proving grounds in a bid to lure companies and students to the Flint, MI area. The test track is on the school’s grounds,…
Google.org announces $250,000 in grants for the Flint, Michigan water crisis
Google’s charitable arm is today announcing several grants and donations aimed at helping the residents of Flint, Michigan respond to their ongoing water crisis. With a total amount of $250,000,…
To Prevent Another Flint, Make All Open Data Machine Readable
The lead poisoning of the entire city of Flint, Michigan was preventable and should never have happened. Numerous pundits and industry experts have said this. Most of them, however, explain…
I advise a lot of water tech entrepreneurs because I’m a masochist and because water tech is my first love. Recently, a lot of them are coming back to me…
The water in Flint is toxic. The state of Michigan inadvertently poisoned the city’s well, and it will take years to flush the system. And that might not be the…
Mobile Payments Service Flint Adds $2M More In Series B Funding From Verizon, Rolls Out Passbook Support, Invoicing
Flint Mobile, a mobile payments startup which unlike Square or PayPal Here uses the phone’s camera instead of a dongle to “scan” credit and debit cards, announced this morning an…
Mobile Payments Startup Flint Raises $6M Series B Led By Digicel Group
Mobile payments startup Flint has been keeping a low profile for much of this year, but it’s looking that quiet period is finally over. The company just recently launched support…
Flint Exits Beta To Take On Square With Its Camera-Based Mobile Payment App
Flint, a small business-focused mobile payment app that does away with dongles and NFC and instead uses the camera on a phone to “scan” a card’s numbers, has come out…
Flint, MI's biogas facility gets city approval; construction to begin soon
Quick note for those four of you that are interested in the future of Flint, MI’s biogas facility: It has a green light. The city council voted 6-1 last night,…
There isn’t a spot in the country that has been harder hit by the financial meltdown than Flint, MI. Forbes recently labeled Flint as the city that has the longest…