The Brutalist Report

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• Spanish ‘soonicorn’ Multiverse Computing releases free compressed AI model [19d]
• Apple rolls out age verification tools worldwide to comply with growing web of child safety laws [19d]
• Uber engineers built an AI version of their boss [19d]
• Stripe is reportedly eyeing deal to buy some or all of PayPal [19d]
• Former L3Harris Trenchant boss jailed for selling hacking tools to Russian broker [19d]
• Google’s new 1.9GW clean energy deal includes massive 100-hour battery [19d]
• CarGurus data breach affects 12.5 million accounts [19d]
• Anthropic won’t budge as Pentagon escalates AI dispute [19d]
• Discord delays global rollout of age verification after backlash [19d]
• Instagram head pressed on lengthy delay to launch teen safety features, like a nudity filter, court filing reveals [19d]
• More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 months than ever before [19d]
• Instagram’s TV app is launching on Google TV devices [19d]
• Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from U.S. defense contractor [19d]
• Google adds a way to create automated workflows to Opal [19d]
• Spotify and Liquid Death release a limited-edition speaker shaped like… an urn? [19d]
• Twitch is overhauling its suspensions policy [19d]
• OpenAI COO says ‘we have not yet really seen AI penetrate enterprise business processes’ [19d]
• Stripe’s valuation soars 74% to $159 billion [19d]
• YouTube beefs up its $7.99/month Lite subscription with offline downloads and background play [20d]
• Music generator ProducerAI joins Google Labs [20d]
• Marquis sues firewall provider SonicWall, alleges security failings with its firewall backup led to ransomware attack [20d]
• Ukraine’s startups keep building [20d]
• Meta strikes up to $100B AMD chip deal as it chases ‘personal superintelligence’ [20d]
• Oura launches a proprietary AI model focused on women’s health [20d]
• Final 4 days to save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass [20d]
• Anthropic launches new push for enterprise agents with plugins for finance, engineering, and design [20d]
• Conduent data breach grows, affecting at least 25M people [20d]
• Mogul says it has tracked $1.5B in music royalties, raised $5M in funding [20d]
• It’s time to pull the plug on plug-in hybrids [20d]
• New Relic launches new AI agent platform and OpenTelemetry tools [20d]
• Waymo robotaxis are now operating in 10 US cities [20d]
• Nimble raises $47M to give AI agents access to real-time web data [20d]
• Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing [20d]
• Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow to fix cross-border B2B payments [20d]
• A Meta AI security researcher said an OpenClaw agent ran amok on her inbox [20d]
• Tesla’s battle with the California Department of Motor Vehicles isn’t over after all [20d]