The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands [9d]
• AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say [9d]
• OpenAI disbands mission alignment team, which focused on ‘safe’ and ‘trustworthy’ AI development [10d]
• Apple’s Siri revamp reportedly delayed… again [10d]
• Uber Eats launches AI assistant to help with grocery cart creation [10d]
• Who will own your company’s AI layer? Glean’s CEO explains [10d]
• Microsoft says hackers are exploiting critical zero-day bugs to target Windows and Office users [10d]
• How to get into a16z’s super-competitive Speedrun startup accelerator program [10d]
• Cash App adds payment links so you can get paid in a DM [10d]
• Amazon’s new eero Signal keeps you connected to the internet when outages occur [10d]
• The search is on: 2026 Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award nominations are open [10d]
• Activist investor Ancora publicly opposes the WBD-Netflix deal [10d]
• DOJ says Trenchant boss sold exploits to Russian broker capable of accessing ‘millions of computers and devices’ [10d]
• Why the economics of orbital AI are so brutal [10d]
• Google releases the first beta of Android 17, adopts a continuous developer release plan [10d]
• Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ AI feature lets you personalize your feed [10d]