ISEE, which develops tech to turn the most common logistics yard trucks into autonomous vehicles, has raised a $40M Series B led by Founders Fund (Brianna Wessling/The Robot Report)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Stockholm-based autonomous and electric truck company Einride raised a $200M Series C from Northzone and others and $300M in debt from Barclays  —  Einride today announced a $500 million tranche of financing as it looks to expand its autonomous and electric trucks into new markets globally.

Brianna Wessling / The Robot Report:
AMP Robotics, which creates robotics systems that use AI to sort recyclable materials, raised a $91M Series C, bringing its total raised to $165.5M  —  AMP Robotics, a company creating robots that can organize recycling, brought in $91 million in corporate equity in a Series C funding round.

Reuters:
GM’s Cruise says it has developed four in-house chips for self-driving cars to be deployed by 2025, including an ARM-based computing chip called Horta  —  General Motors’ (GM.N) autonomous driving unit Cruise has developed its own chips for self-driving cars to be deployed by 2025 …

Ina Fried / Axios:
Amazon is shutting down its Treasure Truck deal-of-the-day program, after it had pivoted to be online-only during the pandemic  —  Amazon is putting the breaks on its “Treasure Truck” deal-of-the-day program, Axios has confirmed. … – That made it more widely available …

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
TuSimple confirms plans to lay off 25% of its workforce, or an estimated 350 workers, following a rough year for the self-driving trucking company  —  Update: CEO Cheng Lu said laid off workers will remain on the payroll for two months and will receive severance.  —  Well, we knew it was coming.

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Pickle Robot Company, which makes robots for unloading trucks at warehouses, has raised a $26M Series A led by Ranpak, JS Capital, Soros Capital, and others  —  Fulfillment has arguably been the hottest robotics category over the past two years, as companies have looked to stay competitive with Amazon …