The tech industry has tried hard to address its diversity problem, but hiring talent from different backgrounds is only the first “challenge. \nWaymo had to explain why one of its autonomous Jaguars ran down a dog in San Francisco last month, and Transportation\u2019s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently proposed a rule that means all new cars and trucks would need to have emergency systems that \u201cwould have to be capable of stopping and avoiding contact with a vehicle at speeds of up to 62 miles per hour. \nIt\u2019s not clear what the financial state of play was at Bond, but it\u2019s notable that it hadn\u2019t raised money since 2020, and amid a decline in fintech venture funding in particular, M&A may have become an interesting option for the startup