GM buys Cruise in a reported $1B+ deal. In a move into driverless cars, General Motors announced this morning that it will purchase self-driving tech startup Cruise, in a deal reported to be above $1B. The price tag represents a huge premium over the $90M that Cruise was last valued at in September of 2015 when it raised a $12.5M Series A led by Spark Capital. Catch CrunchBase + KITE at SXSW: Matt Kaufman, Head of Operations at CrunchBase, is taking the stage with KITE, to discuss enterprise innovation data, tools and playbooks. To make the fest manageable, KITE has curated a master report of over 550 emerging tech companies with nearly $30b in funding and 50,000 employees. And then head to Brooklyn for TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016: Coming up this May and hosted in Brooklyn for the first time ever, TechCrunch Disrupt NY will feature Fred Wilson, Skimm founders Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, Giphy’s Alex Chung and Josh Kopelman of First Round, among others. Snag tickets here while you still can. Introducing new ways to access CrunchBase Data: Uncover new opportunities, discover industry trends, and build powerful apps using the Daily Excel Export or API. | 