The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq raises even more than expected, hits $6.9B valuation [75d]
• Eric Baker’s long, winding road to taking StubHub public [75d]
• Irregular raises $80 million to secure frontier AI models [75d]
• Tesla is redesigning its door handles following safety probe, Bloomberg investigation [75d]
• Kleiner Perkins-backed voice AI startup Keplar aims to replace traditional market research [75d]
• Meet Macroscope: an AI tool for understanding your code base, fixing bugs [75d]
• China tells its tech companies they can’t buy AI chips from Nivida [75d]
• The iPhone Air’s real breakthrough is its battery [75d]
• Zoom launches a cross application AI notetaker, AI avatars and more in its latest update [75d]
• Jaguar Land Rover to pause production for third week due to cyberattack [75d]
• Airbuds is the music social network Apple and Spotify wish they had built [75d]
• Google revamps Discover page to show content from creators [75d]
• AI and the Future of Defense: Mach Industries’ Ethan Thornton at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [75d]
• From Startup Battlefield to the Disrupt Stage: Discord founder Jason Citron returns to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [75d]
• Amazon launches AI agent to help sellers complete tasks and manage their businesses [75d]
• VC firm Insight Partners says thousands of staff and limited partners had personal data stolen in a ransomware attack [75d]
• Lovable co-founder and CEO Anton Osika on building one of the fastest-growing startups in history at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [75d]
• Terra Oleo’s oil-producing microbes could replace destructive palm oil plantations [75d]
• Lyft and Waymo are partnering to bring robotaxis to Nashville [75d]
• Icarus raises $6.1M to take on space’s “warehouse work” with embodied-AI robots [75d]
• Google Ventures doubles down on dev tool startup Blacksmith just 4 months after its seed round [76d]
• Sonair built its 3D ultrasonic sensor with robotic safety in mind [76d]
• India’s Urban Company soars 58% above IPO price in year’s most subscribed offering [76d]
• Groww, backed by Satya Nadella, set to become first Indian startup to go public after U.S.-to-India move [76d]