The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Despite VCs investing $75B in Q4 , it’s still hard for startups to raise money, data proves [345d]
• New York powerhouse VC Insight Partners nabs another $12.5B after $8B in exits [345d]
• Failed fintech startup Bench racked up over $65 million in debt, documents reveal [345d]
• Apple pauses AI notification summaries for news after generating false alerts [345d]
• Threads might let you add music to your posts in the future [345d]
• Trump administration might give a boost to deep-sea mining for critical minerals [345d]
• Climate tech matured in 2024 as investors favored bigger rounds, later stages [345d]
• Nvidia releases more tools and guardrails to nudge enterprises to adopt AI agents [345d]
• Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol [345d]
• A rising EV startup star snags $100M and Tesla’s win-lose federal funding moment [345d]
• Trading platform eToro said to be eyeing $5B US IPO in 2025 [345d]
• Instagram Threads won’t share a timeline for account portability [345d]
• TikTok ban poised to be delayed as Trump explores ways to extend deadline [345d]
• Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon tells startups to reconsider going public [345d]
• This MIT spinout wants to spool hair-thin fibers into patients’ brains [345d]
• Symbotic set to take over Walmart’s robotics business [345d]
• Anduril to build its billion-dollar weapons megafactory in Ohio [345d]
• Polestar digs in for another grim year [345d]
• Netradyne snags $90M at $1.25B valuation to expand smart dashcams for commercial fleets [345d]
• Teal Health raises $10M to create at-home cervical cancer screenings [345d]
• TikTok CEO plans to attend Trump inauguration [345d]
• What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the X competitor [345d]
• Clop ransomware gang names dozens of victims hit by Cleo mass-hack, but several firms dispute breaches [345d]
• Nintendo teases Mario Kart as first Switch 2 title [345d]
• Nintendo unveils the Nintendo Switch 2 [345d]
• Dub.co is an open source URL shortener and link attribution engine packed into one [345d]
• Blue Origin successfully launches New Glenn rocket into space [345d]
• Mistral signs deal with AFP to offer up-to-date answers in Le Chat [345d]
• Prepaid payments platform Recharge raises €45M to go on M&A spree [345d]
• Google strikes world’s largest biochar carbon removal deal with Indian startup Varaha [346d]
• Hyperline secures $10 million for its automated billing platform [346d]
• Amazon to buy Indian BNPL startup Axio for over $150M [346d]
• In AI copyright case, Zuckerberg turns to YouTube for his defense [346d]
• Chinese AI company MiniMax releases new models it claims are competitive with the industry’s best [346d]