The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Meta releases a new tool to protect reels creators from having their work stolen [13d]
• Ford turns to Amazon to give used cars sales a boost [13d]
• Ramp hits $32B valuation, just 3 months after hitting $22.5B [13d]
• Cisco acquires translation startup EzDubs [13d]
• Luminar is fighting with its biggest customer as bankruptcy threat looms [13d]
• Sequoia-backed fintech Aspora will let Indian diaspora pay bills back home [13d]
• Google rolls out its AI ‘Flight Deals’ tool globally, adds new travel features in Search [13d]
• DoorDash confirms data breach impacting users’ phone numbers and physical addresses [13d]
• PowerLattice attracts investment from ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger for its power-saving chiplet [13d]
• Jeff Bezos reportedly returns to the trenches as co-CEO of new AI startup, Project Prometheus [13d]
• Luminal raises $5.3 million to build a better GPU code framework [13d]
• MCP AI agent security startup Runlayer launches with 8 unicorns, $11M from Khosla’s Keith Rabois and Felicis [13d]
• Surveillance tech provider Protei was hacked, its data stolen and its website defaced [13d]
• Bone AI raises $12M to challenge Asia’s defense giants with AI-powered robotics [13d]
• Sakana AI raises $135M Series B at a $2.65B valuation to continue building AI models for Japan [13d]
• Danish startup FlatPay joins the club of European fintech unicorns to track [13d]