The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• After a nearly 800% explosion, this AI supplier is about to make its U.S. debut and could signal if the market can still boom—or is headed for a bust [16d]
• Meet the soccer-playing humanoid robot that just delivered the game ball at the Brazil v. Norway FIFA World Cup match [16d]
• The supertanker tycoon making millions on Hormuz shuttle runs [16d]
• FIFA allows U.S. star Balogun to play Belgium despite red card [16d]
• Alibaba gets reprieve on lobbying ban tied to DoD blacklist [16d]
• The stock market is about to suffer a ‘snapback’ and will lose much of this year’s gains as ‘speculation is hitting extreme levels,’ BofA warns [16d]
• Oil, gas tankers cross Hormuz via Oman-side route after U-turns [16d]
• Nvidia supplier Hon Hai’s sales beat on continued AI demand [16d]
• France’s richest man Arnault hit with €22 million tax assessment [16d]
• SK Hynix seeks access to AI investors in $29 billion U.S. listing [16d]
• Seventh film in animated franchise beats the fifth installment of another cartoon juggernaut at the box office [16d]
• The Trump administration will use the same company that tried to renovate the Reflecting Pool to repair it — ‘because they did a fantastic job’ [16d]
• Investment firm’s cofounder sues after being fired for neglecting the in-person work mandate he signed, saying it applies to employees not owners [16d]
• Iranians demand revenge at funeral ceremonies for supreme leader killed during war, while his replacement has yet to appear to mourn his father [16d]
• The CEO who vowed to ‘fire anyone who doesn’t use AI’ admits that the technology can’t replace her executive assistant as the role evolves [16d]
• As higher airfares and gas prices make vacations ‘crazy expensive,’ small business owners say Americans are staying closer to home this summer [16d]
• Trump moves the goalposts for NATO after demanding members spend more. ‘We don’t need their money — we don’t need anything. I just want loyalty’ [16d]
• At July 4 speech, Trump stumps for controversial SAVE America Act, which even some Republicans in Congress are challenging [16d]
• Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary says if he were 25 today, he’d chase these two booming opportunities in the world of AI [16d]
• Mark Zuckerberg takes business calls on a jet ski wearing his $800 Meta glasses—and insists ‘the other person could not tell’ [16d]
• How Hollywood’s youngest filmmakers are exposing Gen Z’s real problem with AI [16d]
• Apple’s next CEO will oversee a $4 trillion tech giant, but isn’t on LinkedIn. Can today’s leaders still skip social media? [16d]
• Despite return-to-office-crackdowns, remote work is alive and well as the rate has barely changed over the last two years [16d]
• The CEO using AI to double revenue with 1,000 fewer hires: ‘Nobody’s going to replace the last mile’ [16d]
• He used to work 90-hour weeks and lost ‘years’ of his life. Now the US Polo Assn. CEO clocks off at 5:30 p.m. and won’t text his team on weekends [16d]
• How David Senra built the podcast the world’s most powerful CEOs can’t stop listening to [17d]
• America’s entrepreneurial boom begins long before venture capital [17d]