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Zoox robotaxis are finally rolling out, Waymo snags more cash, and Aurora delays its self-driving truck launch

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Third Wave Automation, a developer of autonomous high-reach forklifts powered by Shared Autonomy, raised $27 million in a Series C round led by Toyota’s fund Woven Capital. Kyte, the rental car startup that bills itself as the “best alternative to Hertz,” is pulling out of almost all of its major markets in the United States and has cut its workforce roughly in half in a bid to survive after exploring a sale earlier this year. Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson told me onstage that the company is going to start offering rides in its robotaxis on public roads in San Francisco and Las Vegas.

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