The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe [17d]
• OpenAI signs deal, worth $10 billion, for compute from Cerebras [17d]
• Netflix’s first original video podcasts feature Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin [17d]
• App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B [17d]
• AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems [17d]
• Blackstone, General Atlantic-backed Liftoff Mobile files for IPO [17d]
• Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public [17d]
• Google’s Trends Explore page gets new Gemini capabilities [17d]
• Bandcamp takes a stand against AI music, banning it from the platform [17d]
• Bill Gates-backed Type One Energy raises $87M ahead of $250M Series B [17d]
• Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation [17d]
• Gemini’s new beta feature provides proactive responses based on your photos, emails, and more [17d]
• AI security firm, depthfirst, announces $40 million series A [17d]
• US cargo tech company publicly exposed its shipping systems and customer data to the web [17d]
• YouTube now has a way for parents to block kids from watching Shorts [17d]
• Tesla will only offer subscriptions for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) going forward [17d]
• How WitnessAI raised $58M to solve enterprise AI’s biggest risk [17d]
• VoiceRun nabs $5.5M to build voice agent factory [17d]
• Meta to reportedly lay off 10% of Reality Labs staff [17d]
• SkyFi raises $12.7M to turn satellite images into insights [18d]