The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Amazon may launch a marketplace where media sites can sell their content to AI companies [10d]
• An ice dance duo skated to AI music at the Olympics [10d]
• Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter steps down after 30 years at the company [11d]
• VC Masha Bucher, Epstein associate and Day One founder, explains herself [11d]
• Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE [11d]
• Nearly half of xAI’s founding team has now left the company [11d]
• Here’s how Rivian changed the rear door manual release on the R2 [11d]
• Facebook adds new AI features, animated profile photos, and backgrounds for text posts [11d]
• Former Tesla product manager wants to make luxury goods impossible to fake, starting with a chip [11d]
• Singapore says China-backed hackers targeted its four largest phone companies [11d]
• Vega raises $120M Series B to rethink how enterprises detect cyber threats [11d]
• What to know about Netflix’s landmark acquisition of Warner Bros. [11d]
• Google expands tools to let users remove sensitive data about themselves from Search [11d]
• Trump EPA reportedly seeks to revoke landmark air pollution rule [11d]
• YouTubers aren’t relying on ad revenue anymore — here’s how some are diversifying [11d]
• Hauler Hero collects $16M for its AI waste management software [11d]
• India orders social media platforms to take down deepfakes faster [11d]
• Former GitHub CEO raises record $60M dev tool seed round at $300M valuation [11d]
• Spotify hits a record 751M monthly users thanks to Wrapped, new free features [11d]
• Primary Ventures raises healthy $625M Fund V to focus on seed investing [11d]
• Proptech startup Smart Bricks raises $5 million pre-seed led by a16z [11d]
• AI video startup Runway raises $315M at $5.3B valuation, eyes more capable world models [11d]
• YouTube rolls out an AI playlist generator for Premium users [11d]
• The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most [11d]
• Tem raises $75M to remake electricity markets using AI [11d]
• India makes Aadhaar more ubiquitous, but critics say security and privacy concerns remain [11d]