The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Another low-budget film crushes an expensive action movie at the box office — ‘an outstanding opening for a comedy sequel this far into the series’ [45d]
• Markets face triple threat of Iran war reigniting, AI bubble popping, and Fed rates rising while epic SpaceX IPO could fuel even more chaos [45d]
• Nvidia’s CEO says new Vera chip will use SK Hynix’s memory chips [45d]
• Novo Nordisk CEO looks beyond weight loss to longevity and aesthetics [45d]
• Iran fires missiles at Israel in first such bombardment since ceasefire as Trump says ‘I’m not happy about’ Israeli strikes on Lebanon [45d]
• SpaceX’s IPO will also be a massive selling event triggering big price dislocations across the stock market as investors dump shares to buy SPCX [45d]
• Trump says Fed rate increase would be wrong ahead of Warsh debut [45d]
• Trump calls Iran war a ‘military exercise’ even as Hormuz fighting heats up and denies promising no new wars — despite repeated pledges [45d]
• OpenAI readies ‘superapp’ pivot ahead of planned IPO, FT reports [45d]
• Trump stunned as stocks fall on great jobs report. Barclays explains why ‘we are entering the warning zone’ [45d]
• AI’s mega stock deals raise specter of more shares than buyers [45d]
• Banks lay groundwork for mass workforce cuts as AI takes hold [45d]
• U.S. floats steering frozen Iran assets to Gulf allies for repairs [45d]
• U.S. and Iran appear far from peace deal 100 days since war began [45d]
• Repair Cafes, the Buy Nothing Project and tool libraries are part of an anticonsumerism trend rejecting mass-produced disposable goods [45d]
• Consumers look resilient on the surface, but $4 gas was a tipping point and Costco members are filling up more often in case prices go even higher [45d]
• Trump will be the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game. But New Yorkers love the Knicks more than they love him [45d]
• Gen Zers are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence—professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates [45d]
• Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei spends 40% of his time on culture, not AI—including a biweekly ‘vision quest’ where he ditches ‘corpo speak’ [45d]
• OpenAI’s Sam Altman says his highly disciplined daily routine has ‘fallen to crap’—and now unwinds on weekends at a ranch with no cell phone service [45d]