The Brutalist Report

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• After a string of successes, early-stage fund Felicis raises fresh $900M [4d]
• The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster [4d]
• Bluesky backlash misses the point [4d]
• Meta teams with XGS Energy to build a 150 MW geothermal power plant [4d]
• Tesla sues former Optimus engineer over alleged trade secret theft [4d]
• Google Cloud outage brings down a lot of the internet [4d]
• a16z-backed Infinite Machine shows off cheaper, modular electric scooter [4d]
• Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from BPC, YC, Insight Partners [4d]
• Here are Apple’s top AI announcements from WWDC 2025 [4d]
• Snapchat adds new features for creators, including an easier way to edit videos [4d]
• Chime almost died in 2016, turned down by 100 VCs — today it IPO’d at $14.5B [4d]
• Apple fixes new iPhone zero-day bug used in Paragon spyware hacks [4d]
• OpenAI and Barbie-maker Mattel team up to bring generative AI to toymaking, other products [4d]
• Battery manufacturer Powin files for bankruptcy months after landing $200M loan [4d]
• Conveyor uses AI to automate the painful process of vendor security reviews and RFPs with AI [4d]
• Instagram will finally let you rearrange your grid [4d]
• Nothing’s new Phone 3 will be available for general sale in the US [4d]
• Your iPad is your new computer [4d]
• Drive brand impact with a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [4d]
• Automattic acquires relationship manager Clay to add an identity layer to online tools [4d]
• Multiverse Computing raises $215M for tech that could radically slim AI costs [5d]
• Twenty years strong: a love letter to TechCrunch [5d]