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WSJ Tech News Briefing

How a Tesla Challenger Veered Off Course

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Electric big rig startup Windrose Technology was set to disrupt the global trucking industry. WSJ supply chain reporter Paul Berger explains why the company is now facing lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny. Plus, WSJ’s Tina Li explains how a new generation of college students is ditching internships to found their own companies. Have you ever seen a post on your social media feed that you thought was real, only to later realize it was AI-generated? What did you see? Why did you believe it? How did you feel afterwards? We want to hear from you! Record a voice memo and send it to tnb@wsj.com or leave us a voicemail at (212) 416-2236. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:32.6

Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Tuesday, July 7th. I'm Imani Moise for the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.9

Who needs a summer internship when you can start your own company? We're looking at how a new

0:44.2

generation of student founders is making the most of summer break in the AI era. And at the beginning

0:50.1

of the year, a startup called Windrose Technology seemed poised to disrupt the global trucking industry.

0:56.0

We're diving into how the company went from raising hundreds of millions of dollars to facing unpaid debts, a federal lawsuit, and a missing $285,000 truck.

1:10.0

But first, as AI reshapes the job market, some college students are rethinking how they spend their summers.

1:20.8

Instead of jockeying for internships at big-name consulting firms or investment banks,

1:25.5

they're moving into startup incubators in Silicon Valley to

1:28.4

build businesses of their own. The programs have been so successful for some students that they

1:33.4

never returned to campus. WSJ's Tina Lee spent time with students in these programs and joins me now

1:39.6

to tell us what these hacker houses are like from the inside. How do these new programs work?

1:44.6

Is there structure or is it just students taking the summer off to work on their computers by themselves?

1:50.2

The great thing about these programs is that they offer a little bit of structure, as seems.

1:53.6

But what these programs provide is a place to stay about 15 to 50 people living around you

1:59.7

who are working on similar things. And then there will have a few

2:03.0

events throughout the week where they can meet executives or investors or go to startup events together.

2:08.0

But on the day-to-day, it seems that there isn't that much structure and they spend most of

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