The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• The rise of ‘micro’ apps: non-developers are writing apps instead of buying them [38m]
• Anthropic taps former Microsoft India MD to lead Bengaluru expansion [7h]
• Silicon Valley’s messiest breakup is definitely headed to court [8h]
• AI journalism startup Symbolic.ai signs deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp [14h]
• The AI lab revolving door spins ever faster [16h]
• Taiwan to invest $250B in US semiconductor manufacturing [18h]
• AI video startup, Higgsfield, founded by ex-Snap exec, lands $1.3B valuation [19h]
• Iran’s internet shutdown is now one of its longest ever, as protests continue [20h]
• The US imposes 25% tariff on Nvidia’s H200 AI chips headed to China [21h]
• OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs [22h]
• Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others [23h]
• How one startup is using prebiotics to try and ease the copper shortage [23h]
• US senators demand answers from X, Meta, Alphabet and others on sexualized deepfakes [23h]