The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Figure 02 performing tasks autonomously [400d]
• Trump considers naming an ‘AI czar’ [400d]
• Elon Musk wants to block the transfer of InfoWars’ X accounts to The Onion [400d]
• SpaceX gets FCC green light for Starlink direct-to-phone deal with T-Mobile [400d]
• AWS re:Invent 2024: What to expect and how to watch Amazon’s biggest event of the year [400d]
• ServiceTitan could be the first of many ‘dirty’ term-sheet IPOs, VCs believe [400d]
• Uber is building a fleet of gig workers to label data for AI models [400d]
• FTC finds that smart device makers fail to make clear how long their products will be supported [400d]
• Russia-linked hackers exploited Firefox and Windows bugs in ‘widespread’ hacking campaign [400d]
• This Mexican fintech isn’t too worried about Trump’s tariff threats [400d]
• Bluesky verification could look a lot different from X’s blue checks [400d]
• YC-backed Circleback is out to become the best meeting notetaker [400d]
• Roon raises $15M to replace ‘Dr. Google’ with real doctors sharing videos about illness treatments [400d]
• From $19M to $1.5M, here’s how much Anduril pays top execs like Palmer Luckey in cash and stock [400d]
• OpenAI’s Sora video generator appears to have leaked [401d]
• Perplexity mulls getting into hardware [401d]
• Amazon Japan raided by anti-monopoly authorities [401d]
• Spotify debuts marketing tools and insights for audiobook authors [401d]
• UK, US retail giants hit by ongoing disruption after ransomware attack on supply chain firm [401d]
• Inflection CEO says it’s done trying to make next generation AI models [401d]
• In court filing, Drake alleges UMG and Spotify artificially inflated popularity of diss track ‘Not Like Us’ [401d]
• EU’s outgoing antitrust chief regrets not moving faster & breaking Big Tech’s grip [401d]
• Cleo Capital launches cybersecurity accelerator to help undo the ‘crushing burden’ of online threats [401d]
• Tesla appears to be building a teleoperations team for its robotaxi service [401d]
• Cardless swipes up $30M to build a new generation of co-branded credit cards [401d]
• Apple ordered to open up in-app purchases in Brazil [401d]
• Say bye to freeform e-bike parking in London following new rules to reduce bike mess on streets [401d]
• Google to test plain ‘blue link’ results for hotel searches in EU markets in latest DMA twist [401d]
• Intel and Biden Administration finalize $7.86B CHIPS Act grant for domestic manufacturing [401d]
• AI helps India’s Meesho cut some customer call costs by 75% [401d]
• EV charging platform Ampeco raise $26M Series B, as demand for charging soars [401d]
• Cradle builds out its protein-design AI platform (and wet lab) with $73M in new funding [401d]
• Cambridge materials science spin-out Molyon is on a mission to make next-gen batteries fly [401d]
• Biolevate’s raises €6M to helps medical writers keep up with the pace of new drugs [401d]
• Volta, a Shopify for B2B transactions, raises biggest pre-seed round of Italy [401d]
• Rivian snags $6.6B conditional federal loan to build Georgia factory [401d]
• Google Developer Program gains new features, but you’ll have to pay for them [401d]
• Another star athlete is making his way into venture capital [401d]