The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Federal judge sides with Meta in lawsuit over training AI models on copyrighted books [21d]
• Brad Feld on “Give First” and the art of mentorship (at any age) [21d]
• Sam Altman comes out swinging at The New York Times [22d]
• Kalshi closes $185M round as rival Polymarket reportedly seeks $200M [22d]
• Air quality tests around xAI’s Memphis data center raise questions [22d]
• Creative Commons debuts CC signals, a framework for an open AI ecosystem [22d]
• Meta is adding AI-powered summaries to WhatsApp [22d]
• Rubrik acquires Predibase to accelerate adoption of AI agents [22d]
• Getty drops key copyright claims against Stability AI, but UK lawsuit continues [22d]
• Intel hits the brakes on its automotive business, and layoffs have started [22d]
• Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day workweek [22d]
• Better Auth, an authentication tool by a self-taught Ethiopian dev, raises $5M from Peak XV, YC [22d]
• Sitch’s new dating app fuses human matchmaking and AI [22d]
• Apple Sports app adds live tennis scores and a redesigned home screen [22d]
• Bill Gates-backed AirLoom begins building its first power plant [22d]
• Winning capital for your AI startup? Kleida Martiro is leading the conversation at TechCrunch All Stage [22d]
• Bumble to lay off 30% of its workforce [22d]
• Nascent Materials emerges from stealth to make LFP batteries better and cheaper [22d]
• Introducing the Going Public Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [22d]
• Ring cameras and doorbells now use AI to provide specific descriptions of motion activity [22d]
• Google unveils Gemini CLI, an open-source AI tool for terminals [22d]
• Kodiak is using Vay’s remote driving tech in its self-driving trucks [22d]
• Julie Bornstein’s Daydream is releasing an AI-powered chatbot for fashion-related shopping [22d]
• New space startup Lux Aeterna wants to make satellites reusable [22d]