The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• California Governor Newsom signs landmark AI safety bill SB 53 [63d]
• Frank founder Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase [63d]
• DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app [63d]
• Explosion, vehicle fire rock Faraday Future’s LA headquarters [63d]
• AI recruiter Alex raises $17M to automate initial job interviews [63d]
• Facebook adds fan challenges, custom badges for creators [63d]
• DeepSeek releases ‘sparse attention’ model that cuts API costs in half [63d]
• OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system [63d]
• This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups [63d]
• Vibe-coding startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks [63d]
• Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding [63d]
• Brave updates its AI-powered search with a detailed answers feature [63d]
• Trump’s Energy Department forbids staff from saying ‘climate change’ or ‘green’ [63d]
• Final day to apply: Volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [63d]
• OpenAI rolls out safety routing system, parental controls on ChatGPT [63d]
• Snapchat caps free Memory storage, launches paid storage plans [63d]
• Bluesky rolls out age verification for users in Ohio [63d]
• From Robinhood to Aetherflux: Baiju Bhatt’s next frontier at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [63d]
• This week’s bundle savings: Founder and Investor Pass deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [63d]
• ComplexChaos thinks AI can help people find common ground [63d]
• Instagram is testing a Reels-first UI in India and South Korea [63d]
• X says will fight Indian court ruling on content takedown system [63d]
• Former Microsoft execs launch AI agents to end Excel-led finance [63d]
• Paid, the AI agent ‘results-based billing’ startup from Manny Medina, raises huge $21M seed [64d]
• The AI services transformation may be harder than VCs think [64d]