The Brutalist Report

Venturebeat

• Poolside drops Laguna S 2.1, an open-weight coding model that beats rivals 10x its size [35d]
• Stop adding more GPUs: Weka's new storage platform reduces load by caching 100% of AI model's pre-calculated tokens [35d]
• Google's Gemini Flash 5.6 model cuts AI agent token costs by up to 65% on long horizon engineering tasks —and 3.5 Pro is on the way [35d]
• Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash model cuts AI agent token costs by up to 65% on long horizon engineering tasks —and 3.5 Pro is on the way [35d]
• Evals are the new PRD, Expedia’s AI chief tells VB Transform 2026 [35d]
• Atlassian: Why AI speeds up employees but not organizations [36d]
• Atlassian: Research shows organizations should approach AI at the team level, not the individual level, to achieve true ROI [36d]