--- title: "TechCrunch Mobility: The AI skills arms race is coming for automotive" url: https://daily.dev/posts/techcrunch-mobility-the-ai-skills-arms-race-is-coming-for-automotive-vj0ifetbl source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/17/techcrunch-mobility-the-ai-skills-arms-race-is-coming-for-automotive type: article source: "TechCrunch" published: 2026-05-17T16:10:19.633Z updated: 2026-05-17T16:11:38.993Z tags: ["ai", "robotics", "automotive"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # TechCrunch Mobility: The AI skills arms race is coming for automotive **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AI is reshaping the automotive workforce, with GM laying off 600 IT workers to hire AI-native talent in areas like data engineering, model development, and prompt engineering. Ford, GM, and Stellantis have collectively cut over 20,000 salaried jobs this decade, partly driven by AI-related restructuring. Samsara is using truck-mounted camera data to train AI models that detect and monitor pothole deterioration, pitching the product to cities. Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics raised another $400M just two months after a $500M round, bringing total investment across RJ Scaringe's three startups to $12.3 billion. Other notable deals include Rapido raising $240M at a $3B valuation and Quantum Systems in talks for €600M. Tesla robotaxis were involved in two crashes while under teleoperator control, and Waymo issued a software recall to address flooded road behavior. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [TechCrunch Mobility: ‘Physical AI’ enters the hype machine](https://daily.dev/posts/techcrunch-mobility-physical-ai-enters-the-hype-machine-mtqzzuuin) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics raises $500M for industrial AI-powered robots](https://daily.dev/posts/rivian-spin-out-mind-robotics-raises-500m-for-industrial-ai-powered-robots-ijkqsydxc) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics), [#automotive](https://daily.dev/tags/automotive) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/techcrunch-mobility-the-ai-skills-arms-race-is-coming-for-automotive-vj0ifetbl)