The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Despite VCs investing $75B in Q4 , it’s still hard for startups to raise money, data proves [406d]
• New York powerhouse VC Insight Partners nabs another $12.5B after $8B in exits [406d]
• Failed fintech startup Bench racked up over $65 million in debt, documents reveal [406d]
• Apple pauses AI notification summaries for news after generating false alerts [406d]
• Threads might let you add music to your posts in the future [406d]
• Trump administration might give a boost to deep-sea mining for critical minerals [407d]
• Climate tech matured in 2024 as investors favored bigger rounds, later stages [407d]
• Nvidia releases more tools and guardrails to nudge enterprises to adopt AI agents [407d]
• Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol [407d]
• A rising EV startup star snags $100M and Tesla’s win-lose federal funding moment [407d]
• Trading platform eToro said to be eyeing $5B US IPO in 2025 [407d]
• Instagram Threads won’t share a timeline for account portability [407d]
• TikTok ban poised to be delayed as Trump explores ways to extend deadline [407d]
• Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon tells startups to reconsider going public [407d]
• This MIT spinout wants to spool hair-thin fibers into patients’ brains [407d]
• Symbotic set to take over Walmart’s robotics business [407d]
• Anduril to build its billion-dollar weapons megafactory in Ohio [407d]
• Polestar digs in for another grim year [407d]
• Netradyne snags $90M at $1.25B valuation to expand smart dashcams for commercial fleets [407d]
• Teal Health raises $10M to create at-home cervical cancer screenings [407d]
• TikTok CEO plans to attend Trump inauguration [407d]
• What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the X competitor [407d]
• Clop ransomware gang names dozens of victims hit by Cleo mass-hack, but several firms dispute breaches [407d]
• Nintendo teases Mario Kart as first Switch 2 title [407d]
• Nintendo unveils the Nintendo Switch 2 [407d]
• Dub.co is an open source URL shortener and link attribution engine packed into one [407d]