The Brutalist Report

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• Synthesia snaps up $180M at a $2.1B valuation for its B2B AI video platform [7d]
• Nelly raises $51 million to digitalize medical practices across Europe [7d]
• SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose Twitter acquisition on time [7d]
• Nvidia backs MetAI, a Taiwanese startup that creates AI-powered digital twins [7d]
• Accel doubles down on Sarla Aviation’s ambition to develop electric air taxis in India [7d]
• Elon Musk tweets so much, people bet over $1M weekly to guess how many posts [7d]
• Biden admin’s final rule banning Chinese connected cars also bars robotaxi testing on US roads [7d]
• ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot [7d]
• Nintendo Switch 2 could be announced this week: The rumors (and facts) so far [7d]
• Intel spins off its corporate venture arm, Intel Capital, into a standalone fund [7d]
• Meta execs obsessed over beating OpenAI’s GPT-4 internally, court filings reveal [7d]
• Hackers are exploiting a new Fortinet firewall bug to breach company networks [7d]
• Google’s NotebookLM had to teach its AI podcast hosts not to act annoyed at humans [7d]
• Flights delayed by SpaceX’s falling rocket debris [7d]
• Google-backed Pixxel launches India’s first private satellite constellation [7d]
• DJI Flip is a $439, fully foldable camera drone [7d]
• OpenAI appoints BlackRock exec to its board [7d]
• Substack rolls out livestreaming for all publishers [7d]
• TikTok users’ attempted migration to Chinese app RedNote isn’t going too well [7d]
• CBRE buys remainder of co-working company Industrious at an $800M valuation [7d]
• Biden administration opens up federal land to AI data centers [7d]
• Why some former Bench customers are not happy [7d]
• Massachusetts senator seeks to extend deadline for TikTok ban [7d]
• OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why [7d]
• Boardy AI raises $8M seed round months after closing pre-seed [7d]
• Kayak founder returns with Steppin, an app that locks you out of social media until you go for a walk [7d]
• Thoras helps companies reach reliability without overspending on cloud costs [7d]
• AWS pledges to spend $5B in Mexico, launches new Mexico server region [7d]
• Powerset gives founders $1 million to invest in other startups [7d]
• North Korea stole over $659M in crypto heists during 2024, deploys fake job seekers [7d]
• UK plans to ban public sector organizations from paying ransomware hackers [7d]
• Venture funding remains stable in France thanks to AI startups [7d]
• UK’s CMA slaps Google Search and its 90%+ market share with an antitrust investigation [7d]
• Bioptimus raises $41M to develop a ‘GPT for biology’ [7d]