The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• SpaceX debuts portable Starlink Mini for $599 [634d]
• Brex’s compliance head has left the fintech startup to join Andreessen Horowitz as a partner [634d]
• US bans sale of Kaspersky software citing security risk from Russia [634d]
• Apple releases Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 and Final Cut Camera [634d]
• Poolside is raising $400M+ at a $2B valuation to build a supercharged coding co-pilot [634d]
• Gravitics prepares a testing gauntlet for a new generation of giant spacecraft [634d]
• Influencer shopping app LTK gets an automatic direct message tool [634d]
• YouTube confirms crackdown on VPN users accessing cheaper Premium plans [634d]
• Why Fisker failed [634d]
• EU Member States remain divided on controversial CSAM-scanning plan — but for how long? [634d]
• Labor shortages are still fueling growth at automation firms like GrayMatter [634d]
• Boeing’s Starliner capsule took astronauts to space — now it needs to bring them back [634d]
• US car dealerships face ongoing outage after CDK cyberattacks [634d]
• Instagram now lets users livestream exclusively to their Close Friends list [634d]
• Announcing the agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [634d]
• PayPal Ventures leads $20M round into Gynger, which offers companies ‘buy now, pay later’ for technology purchases [634d]
• Pocket FM partners with ElevenLabs to convert scripts into audio content quickly [634d]
• Anthropic claims its latest model is best-in-class [634d]
• Roots introduces a screen time app for tracking ‘digital dopamine’ [634d]
• Materia looks to make accountants more efficient with AI [634d]
• Ex-HubSpot exec builds an AI-powered CRM that learns for you, with $4M seed led by Sequoia [634d]
• Semperis, a specialist in Active Directory security now worth more than $1B, raises $125M [634d]
• Daydream rakes in $50M seed funding to build an AI-powered search engine suited for e-commerce [634d]
• Spotify quietly lets all podcasters upload videos, surpasses 250K shows [634d]
• Cadana, an emerging markets payroll services provider for global hiring platforms, banks $7.1M seed [634d]
• Amazon extends generative AI-powered product listings to Europe [634d]
• Kenya closes its probe of Worldcoin, opening the door to a relaunch of its orbs after a year-long suspension [634d]
• Paris-based VC Breega hits first close of $75M Africa fund to back pre-seed and seed startups [634d]
• PQShield secures $37M more for ‘quantum resistant’ cryptography [634d]
• Hero wants to save the day for companies facing a working capital crunch [634d]
• ‘Lawyer-in-the-loop’ startup Wordsmith wants to bring AI paralegals to all employees [634d]
• General Catalyst makes India push with Venture Highway merger [634d]