The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Venture firm CRV raises $750M, downsizing after returning capital to investors [22d]
• Kleiner Perkins is having a very good week [22d]
• A backlog at the Commerce Department is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses [22d]
• Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $329M in damages [22d]
• Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $200M in damages [22d]
• Google bets on STAN, an Indian social gaming platform [22d]
• Nintendo raising original Switch console prices due to ‘market conditions’ [22d]
• More details emerge on how Windsurf’s VCs and founders got paid from the Google deal [22d]
• Fundamental Research Labs nabs $30M+ to build AI agents across verticals [22d]
• Sex toy maker Lovense threatens legal action after fixing security flaws that exposed users’ data [22d]
• Truecaller’s call-recording feature won’t work on iPhones from September 30 [22d]
• TikTok launches ‘TikTok Pro’ in Europe with built-in charity program [22d]
• Term sheets, traction, and truth bombs: Inside the Series A mindset at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [22d]
• OpenAI reportedly raises $8.3B at $300B valuation [22d]
• Instagram now requires users to have at least 1,000 followers to go live [22d]
• The new face of defense tech — Ethan Thornton of Mach Industries — takes the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [22d]
• This Detroit startup is turning to utilities to make home efficiency upgrades cheaper [22d]
• Vast Data in talks with Alphabet’s CapitalG, Nvidia to fund round at up to $30B valuation [22d]
• Authorities seize BlackSuit ransomware gang’s servers [22d]
• VC industry has become a better career for women over the past 7 years [22d]
• Klarna might reschedule its IPO for September [22d]
• Reddit plans to unify its search interface as it looks to become a search engine [22d]
• Joby Aviation and defense contractor L3Harris to test autonomous hybrid aircraft [22d]
• Google rolls out Gemini Deep Think AI, a reasoning model that tests multiple ideas in parallel [22d]
• Handwave lends a hand to retailers with its European alternative to Amazon’s palm payments [22d]
• Female-founded semiconductor AI startup SixSense raises $8.5M [23d]