The Brutalist Report

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• SpaceX sent Starship to orbit — the next launch will try to bring it back [656d]
• Billionaire Groupon founder Eric Lefkofsky is back with another IPO: AI health tech Tempus [656d]
• You’ve spoken! Meet the Disrupt 2024 breakout session audience choice winners [656d]
• Zero-day flaw in Check Point VPNs is ‘extremely easy’ to exploit [656d]
• Spotify offers Car Thing refunds as it faces lawsuit over bricking the streaming device [656d]
• Misinformation works, and a handful of social ‘supersharers’ sent 80% of it in 2020 [656d]
• Tesla shareholder sweepstakes and EV layoffs hit Lucid and Fisker [656d]
• Paul Graham claims Sam Altman wasn’t fired from Y Combinator [656d]
• AI manufacturing startup funding is on a tear as Switzerland’s EthonAI raises $16.5M [656d]
• Ticktock! 48 hours left to nab your early-bird tickets for Disrupt 2024 [656d]
• Valar Labs debuts AI-powered cancer care prediction tool and secures $22M [656d]
• Basalt plans to hack a defunct satellite to install its space-specific OS [656d]
• Former teen model co-created app Frich to help Gen Z be more realistic about finances [657d]
• Autobiographer’s app uses AI to help you tell your life story [657d]
• Perplexity AI’s new feature will turn your searches into shareable pages [657d]
• ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot [657d]
• Cylib wants to own EV battery recycling in Europe [657d]
• Amazon gets FAA approval to expand US drone deliveries [657d]
• Former Priceline execs debut Plannin, a booking platform that uses travel influencers to help plan trips [657d]
• Redpanda acquires Benthos to expand its end-to-end streaming data platform [657d]
• Fintech startup Forward grabs $16M to take on Stripe, lead future of integrated payments [657d]
• Amazon is rolling out AI voice search to Fire TV devices [657d]
• Rhea reaps $10M more led by Thiel [657d]
• Tech giants form an industry group to help develop next-gen AI chip components [657d]
• Ambani’s Reliance fires opening salvo in fintech battle, launches JioFinance app [657d]
• Filing shows Salesforce paid $419M to buy Spiff in February [657d]
• YoLa Fresh, a GrubMarket for Morocco, digs up $7M to connect farmers with food sellers [657d]
• Instagram now lets teens limit interactions to their ‘Close Friends’ group to combat harassment [657d]
• Archer, Kakao Mobility partner to bring electric air taxis to South Korea in 2026 [657d]
• Iyris makes fresh produce easier to grow in difficult climates, raises $16M [657d]
• Exactly.ai secures $4M to help artists use AI to scale up their output [657d]
• Romanian startup FintechOS raises $60M to help old banks fight back against neobanks [657d]
• India’s Agnikul launches 3D-printed rocket in sub-orbital test after initial delays [657d]