The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs [16d]
• A new kids’ show will come with a crypto wallet when it debuts this fall [17d]
• Techstars increases startup funding to $220,000, mirroring YC structure [17d]
• OpenAI’s new reasoning AI models hallucinate more [17d]
• ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot [17d]
• Bluesky may soon add blue check verification [17d]
• TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft buys its way into Europe, Kodiak SPACs, and how China’s new ADAS rules might affect Tesla [17d]
• White House replaces covid.gov website with ‘lab leak’ theory [17d]
• ChatGPT is referring to users by their names unprompted, and some find it ‘creepy’ [17d]
• Startups Weekly: Mixed messages from venture capital [17d]
• TikToker sues Roblox over her Charli XCX ‘Apple’ dance [17d]
• ChatGPT will now use its ‘memory’ to personalize web searches [17d]
• Trump EPA targets two-man geoengineering startup for ‘polluting the air’ [17d]
• From Bogotá to the Battlefield: LatAm startups are winning big in TechCrunch Startup Battlefield [17d]
• The Nintendo Switch 2 will still cost $450 in the US, despite tariffs [17d]
• Final day to submit your speaker application and shape the next wave of startups at TechCrunch All Stage [17d]
• Netflix is revamping search with AI to improve discovery [17d]
• OpenAI pursued Cursor maker before entering into talks to buy Windsurf for $3B [17d]