The Brutalist Report

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• Clay confirms it closed $100M round at $3.1B valuation [190d]
• For the first time, OpenAI models are available on AWS [190d]
• Linda Yaccarino joins health tech platform eMed as CEO after leaving X [190d]
• Substack rival Ghost connects to the open social web with its latest public release [190d]
• OpenAI launches two ‘open’ AI reasoning models [190d]
• Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare ‘named and shamed’ it [190d]
• The EU AI Act aims to create a level playing field for AI innovation: Here’s what it is [190d]
• Google’s NotebookLM is now available to younger users as competition in the AI education space intensifies [190d]
• WhatsApp adds new features to protect against scams [190d]
• Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door [191d]
• ElevenLabs launches an AI music generator, which it claims is cleared for commercial use [191d]
• Trump says he’ll announce semiconductor and chip tariffs [191d]
• Hacker used a voice phishing attack to steal Cisco customers’ personal information [191d]
• Crack the code to startup traction with insights from Chef Robotics, NEA, and ICONIQ at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [191d]
• Roku launches Howdy, a $2.99 ad-free streaming service [191d]
• DeepMind thinks its new Genie 3 world model presents a stepping stone toward AGI [191d]
• Only 2 days left to save $675 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 ticket [191d]
• Spotify expands audiobooks access to family plan members in the US for the first time [191d]
• SonicWall urges customers to disable SSLVPN amid reports of ransomware attacks [191d]
• US adds OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to list of approved AI vendors for federal agencies [191d]
• Jury rules Meta violated California privacy laws by quietly collecting Flo users’ menstrual health data [191d]