The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• RLWRLD raises $14.8M to build a foundational model for robotics [25d]
• Debates over AI benchmarking have reached Pokémon [25d]
• Lime’s scooter and e-bike batteries will be recycled by Redwood Materials [25d]
• Rippling is trying to serve Deel’s CEO, but bailiffs can’t find him [25d]
• Chinese marketplace DHgate becomes a top US app as trade war intensifies [25d]
• Meet Neptune, a TikTok alternative where creators can hide likes and follower counts [25d]
• Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach [25d]
• OpenAI plans to phase out GPT-4.5, its largest-ever AI model, from its API [25d]
• OpenAI’s new GPT-4.1 AI models focus on coding [25d]
• Google’s newest AI model is designed to help study dolphin ‘speech’ [25d]
• Google Classroom gives teachers an AI feature for quiz questions [25d]
• Blue Origin’s all-female crew, including Katy Perry, successfully launched [26d]
• Chipolo’s newest AirTag competitor works with both Apple and Google’s finding networks [26d]
• Meta to start training its AI models on public content in the EU [26d]
• Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup [26d]
• Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics to go public via SPAC [26d]
• Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg’s voices [26d]
• Nvidia says it plans to manufacture some AI chips in the U.S. [26d]
• Conifer locks down $20M seed round for its ‘drop-in’ electric hub motor [26d]
• Intel agrees to sell controlling stake in Altera chip business [26d]
• Bill Gates-backed Arnergy to expand solar access in Nigeria with $18M as demand surges [26d]