The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor [33d]
• Layoffs hit General Fusion as the fusion power startup runs short on cash [33d]
• Elon Musk took a chainsaw to the US government. Tesla is taking the hit. [33d]
• TeleMessage, a modified Signal clone used by US government officials, has been hacked [33d]
• YouTube is testing a discounted two-person Premium subscription tier [33d]
• GlobalX, airline used for Trump deportations, gets hacked: report [33d]
• 11x CEO Hasan Sukkar steps down [33d]
• OpenAI reverses course, says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations [34d]
• Over 250 CEOs sign open letter supporting K-12 AI and computer science education [34d]
• Google is making TV and movies to convince you that tech is not evil [34d]
• Anthropic launches a program to support scientific research [34d]
• Apple appeals court decision that forced it to allow links to external payments in apps [34d]
• Skype shuts down after 23 years [34d]
• Rork’s founders were almost broke when a viral tweet led to $2.8M and a16z [34d]
• A new startup called Bono aims to modernize the way people donate to charities [34d]
• Pinterest updates visual search with more AI-powered features [34d]
• Tesla sales continue to slump across Europe despite April EV sales swell [34d]
• Datadog acquires Eppo, a feature-flagging and experimentation platform [34d]
• Skype is shutting down today — these are the best alternatives [34d]
• Apple plans to split iPhone 18 launch into two phases in 2026 [34d]
• Anysphere, which makes Cursor, has reportedly raised $900M at $9B valuation [34d]
• MoneyFellows raises $13M to take its group savings model outside Egypt [34d]