The Brutalist Report

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Hyperline secures $10 million for its automated billing platform [5d]
Amazon to buy Indian BNPL startup Axio for over $150M [5d]
In AI copyright case, Zuckerberg turns to YouTube for his defense [5d]
Chinese AI company MiniMax releases new models it claims are competitive with the industry’s best [5d]
Hindenburg Research, a short seller that targeted tech and EV companies, is closing up shop [6d]
Reusable rocket startup Stoke raised another massive round: $260M [6d]
Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting [6d]
As TikTok faces a US shutdown, here are some alternative apps to check out [6d]
More teens report using ChatGPT for schoolwork, despite the tech’s faults [6d]
Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S25 on January 22 — here’s what we expect [6d]
Duolingo sees 216% spike in U.S. users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote [6d]
Meta adds 200 megawatts of solar to its 12 gigawatt renewable portfolio [6d]
These tech companies are donating to LA wildfire relief efforts [6d]
Loft Orbital lands a fresh $170M after logging over $500M of bookings [6d]
TikTok owner ByteDance powered an e-reader’s unhinged AI assistant [6d]
OpenAI is bankrolling Axios’ expansion into four new markets [6d]
Tesla to split $100M award for electric truck charging corridor in Illinois [6d]
Biden administration adds 14 additional Chinese firms to trade blacklist [6d]
How to stream Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day 2025 [6d]
AI researcher François Chollet founds a new AI lab focused on AGI [6d]
Trump’s DOT pick wants EV owners to pay to use roads [6d]
This Week in AI: Will Biden’s AI actions survive the Trump era? [6d]
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes [6d]
Google inks deal with The Associated Press to bring more real-time info to Gemini [6d]
Google raises the price of Workspace plans, includes its AI features for free [6d]
Colossal Biosciences raises $200M at $10.2B valuation to bring back woolly mammoths [6d]
As Gen Z job applicants balloon, companies are turning to AI agent recruiters [6d]
Fast-growing South African venture FARO raises $6M to source, refurbish and sell surplus clothing [6d]
OpenAI tests phone number-only ChatGPT signups [6d]
PowerSchool data breach victims say hackers stole ‘all’ historical student and teacher data [6d]
Rockfish is helping enterprises leverage synthetic data [6d]
LinkedIn adds free AI tools for job hunters and recruiters [6d]
Microsoft’s newest Copilot plan for business is pay-as-you-go [6d]
UnitedHealth hid its Change Healthcare data breach notice for months [6d]
Hinge’s new AI feature determines if your prompt response is too basic [6d]
SoftBank veteran hunts for profits in payments infrastructure plumbing [6d]
Creator of Gas and tbh makes an app for disappearing photos via iMessage [6d]