The Brutalist Report

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• While OpenAI races to build AI data centers, Nadella reminds us that Microsoft already has them [75d]
• Andreessen Horowitz denies report of India office, calls it ‘fake news’ [75d]
• Reflection AI raises $2B to be America’s open frontier AI lab, challenging DeepSeek [75d]
• Discord data breach affects at least 70,000 users [75d]
• Sora copycats flooded Apple’s App Store, and some still remain [75d]
• Stoke Space’s $510M round shows the future of launch belongs to defense [75d]
• Intel unveils new processor powered by its 18A semiconductor tech [75d]
• Italian businessman’s phone reportedly targeted with Paragon spyware [75d]
• ‘Dozens’ of organizations had data stolen in Oracle-linked hacks [75d]
• YouTubers who were kicked off the platform for rule violations can now request a ‘second chance’ [75d]
• Netflix is letting users play games on their TV screens [75d]
• Figma partners with Google to add Gemini AI to its design platform [75d]
• Datacurve raises $15 million to take on Scale AI [75d]
• Startup Battlefield company SpotitEarly trained dogs and AI to sniff out common cancers [75d]
• Meta adds Hindi and Portuguese support for its AI translation feature for Reels [75d]
• Sora hit 1M downloads faster than ChatGPT [75d]
• Duolingo says it will ‘never’ open a San Francisco office [75d]
• Navigating the next frontier at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Where investors see opportunity in space [75d]
• Battlefield alum DevAlly raises €2M to help companies with Europe’s feisty new accessibility law [76d]
• OpenAI’s affordable ChatGPT Go plan expands to 16 new countries in Asia [76d]
• Novoloop’s upcycled plastic takes a step closer to production [76d]