The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity unpacks the numbers and nuance behind the headlines... more
Over on Chain Reaction, Jacquelyn interviewed David Pakman, managing partner and head of venture investments at CoinFund. Before CoinFund, David... more
This week on Equity, Simply Homes raised $22 million for an interesting property play, SoftBank bought majority share of connected-vehicles... more
Today, we’re bringing you another conversation from TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, when Alex sat down with Serhii Bohoslovskyi, the founder of... more
Equity is covering the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. We're... more
The Equity crew is kicking off the last month of 2023 with a look at the latest in startups and... more
Anu Hariharan, who previously led YC Continuity, has partnered with two of her former colleagues and former Brex executive Lucas... more
Today on Equity, Alex has the latest on how things are shaping up for SaaS startups in the back-half of... more
Is sustainable fashion possible? Today, we’re bringing you two bonus conversations all about sustainability in fashion from TechCrunch Disrupt 2023.... more
Unsurprisingly, we're discussing the recent turmoil in the AI market today. OpenAI has kept the journalistic corps busy, but we... more
This past weekend was all about the massive shakeup at OpenAI, and the high-impact machinations that the last few days... more
Today on Equity, Ramp and Brex are levering AI while Sunnyside is raising funds to help folks cut back on... more
This week, TechCrunch’s own Rebecca Bellan is on the podcast to help us better understand Google’s search-related anti-trust case that... more
Today on Equity, crypto's melt-up is continuing, AI training is going to stay expensive for a long while - although... more
The Equity crew is looking at deals of the week from May Mobility and Mogul Club as well as Microsoft’s... more
The Equity crew is diving deep into encouraging signs from the fintech startup market, starting with Klarna's Q3 results. The... more
Equity is back with a look at what's making headlines early in the week. TechCrunch is tracking 01.AI in China,... more
The Equity crew is rounding up the week’s biggest startup and tech news, starting with WeWork's struggle to stay alive... more
This week, Alex and Mary Ann were joined by co-founder and managing partner at ALIAVIA Ventures, Marisa Warren. ALIAVIA invests... more
Equity is covering the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. We're... more
Happy Saturday! We have a special bonus episode for you from our sister pod, Chain Reaction. Alex joins Jacquelyn Melinek... more
Today on Equity, Mary Ann and Alex were lucky enough to have Kirsten aboard for the roundup, which means we got to... more
This week, Alex talked to Theory Ventures founder Tomasz Tunguz on the show. As long-time readers of his work, having... more
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance... more
Equity is closing out the week with deals from telehealth startup Allara, and Indian space tech company Agnikul. We also... more
This week Gené Teare from Crunchbase and Crunchbase News joined the podcast. She's a well-known analyst of the global venture... more
Today on Equity, we're looking into stocks around the world, the expense of running a modern social medial company, Creative... more
Alex joined Jacquelyn Melinek on Chain Reaction to dive back into the Sam Bankman-Fried trial and what has transpired in... more
The Equity crew is parsing through the week's news in startups and venture, starting with an update on the California... more
This week, Equity had Tony Stubblebine on the show, the CEO of publishing platform Medium.com. Medium has gone through a... more
Equity is kicking off the week with an update on global stocks, AI and startup news around the world. Alex... more
The Equity crew is talking about the week’s biggest startup and tech news with help from TC reporter extraordinaire and... more
SBF's trial has started, and to talk through it, we teamed up TechCrunch's resident crypto reporter and host of the... more
Equity's kicking off Q4 2023 with a look at the global stock market, what's ahead for SBF, Amazon and the... more
This week, Equity has the update on the writer's strike's implications on AI, deals of the week from OpenAI and... more
This week on Equity, Alex was joined by Nathan Baschez, the CEO and founder of Lex, an AI-infused online writing... more
Equity is back from Disrupt and getting you caught up on stocks around the world, the Cisco-Splunk deal, why everyone... more
Alex, Kirsten and Becca sat down to recap a very busy (and dare we say successful) TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. We're... more
We were live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023! Alex, Kirsten and Becca took the stage with breaking IPO news, how Joby... more
Before flying out for TechCrunch Disrupt, the Equity crew unpacked the latest from Divvy homes, companies we wish would just... more
This week, Equity brought TechCrunch+ senior climate reporter Tim De Chant on the show to talk climate tech, hardware breakthroughs,... more
Equity is kicking off the week with another look at the stock market and upcoming earnings before diving deep into... more
The Equity crew is looking into Mentra's plan to help neurodivergent jobseekers, how SimpleClosure might be betting on the downturn,... more
In preparation for another Y Combinator Demo Day, we're throwing it back to Alex and Natasha's interview with Michael Seibel,... more
Alex is back on Equity with the latest on the never-ending earnings season, crypto, ARM's IPO range, a new Africa-focused... more
This week, Equity is covering deals from Teamshares and MoonPay then digging into new rental-focused startups, the IPO drought and... more
This week on Equity, we're digging into how "great" founders are successfully guiding their companies towards cash flow positivity. Alex... more
Equity is catching you up on stocks around the world, how Instacart and Klaviyo are bringing tech IPOs back, and... more
Today, we’re bringing you a bonus episode! Alex chatted with Courtney Chow, a vice president at Battery Ventures focused on... more
This week on Equity, we're talking through Nvidia's impressive earnings report, raises from Ramp and AI-powered writing tool, Lex, Northvolt's... more
This week, Mary Ann spoke with Mercedes Bent, Partner on the early stage team at Lightspeed Ventures and co-lead of Lightspeed’s LatAm... more
Equity's digging into tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week, from Recur's shutdown and... more
This week, the Equity team had no shortage of news to sift through. We kicked off with an update on... more
This week, Equity had Amplitude CEO Spenser Skates on the show to talk about life after the company's successful IPO,... more
Equity has your Monday morning rundown with earnings to look out for this week, Anthropic raising another $100 million, what's... more
This week, Mary Ann and Alex are looking at how Lula set itself up for a massive up-round and MLOps... more
This week, Dominic-Madori Davis came back on the show to chat with Mary Ann and Alex about a lawsuit targeting... more
Catching up from last week and preparing for the week ahead, Alex is diving into the latest for global stocks... more
Today, we're bringing you an episode of Chain Reaction. Jacquelyn interviewed Stu Alderoty, chief legal officer of Ripple Labs... more
Not all TAM is equal. This week, Alex and Mary Ann had Sara Mauskopf on the show, the CEO and... more
We're getting you ready for the week with a list of earnings to keep your eye on, what's happening in... more
Mary Ann and Alex were joined by Kirsten Korosec to dig through the week's headlines, starting with AngelList's acquisition of... more
This week, Alex had Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz on to chat about her upcoming book, Extremely Online, the history... more
Alex is back with your Monday morning rundown, and today we're taking a look at stocks around the globe, news... more
We're back with another packed news week so Alex and Mary Ann tagged in Becca Szkutak to help us out.... more
So, what happened in venture capital-land during Q2 2023? A lot, and not very much. We got PitchBook venture guru... more
Hello, and welcome back to Equity. Here’s the rundown from this morning: Stocks are largely down around the world following... more
This week, A new Chinese AI model had us wondering who is really going to win the AI war, Founders... more
We're digging into AI's iPhone moment with a very special guest: Matthew Lynley, one of the founding hosts of Equity... more
Alex is back from a well-deserved vacation and ready for your Monday rundown. We're talking about Ant's new valuation, Threads'... more
Mary Ann took the lead this time, and she sat down (virtually) with Immad Akhund, the CEO and co-founder of... more
To cap off the second quarter and get our claws into what is going on around the world, we had... more
Mary Ann and Alex are back for another busy news week chock full of deals to chew through. We kick things off... more
Mary Ann is taking over today's interview with David Vélez, the co-founder and CEO of Nubank, digging into how the... more
For the last Monday of Q2, Alex is getting into crypto's mini-boom, IRL's digital fraud, Vanta's quick ARR growth, TreasurySpring... more
The summer slowdown is far from happening yet, so Mary Ann and Alex are back with TechCrunch's mobility lead, Kirsten Korosec. We're... more
Alex had Eric Silver, Head of Creative at the podcast collective Multitude on the show to help us sort through... more
And we're back! After a week off and an America holiday yesterday, there was much to get to. Alex is... more
It was a hectic week, with little in the way of the traditional Summer Slowdown making itself known. So, here's... more
This week, we had Carta CEO Henry Ward on to chat through the early-stage market with us, from the quality... more
This fine Monday we are celebrating the start of June, and the fact that there are still earnings rounds for... more
Mary Ann and Alex were a busy pair this week, so much so that they tagged in Dominic-Madori Davis from the TechCrunch+... more
This week, Mary Ann hopped on the mic with number one New York Times best selling author, producer, personal finance... more
This week, crypto prices are static, unlike a particular valuation and Alex is still mad about SPACs. We're talking about... more
Mary Ann and Alex were a dynamic duo this week, and we took a look at the future of online shopping via... more
The idea that all unicorns are in trouble is wrong; some late-stage startups got it right. Alex sat down with... more
Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week.... more
This week Mary Ann, Becca, and Alex gathered to chew through the biggest news of the week. They cover Vice... more
This week, Alex spoke to two guests from the world of Microsoft for Startups - the program's GM, Hans... more
Alex has your Monday kickoff with media, startup rounds and some Big Money Moves. We start things off with a... more
Venture-backed everything for real world problems, please? This week Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex celebrated one final episode as a three. We're diving into... more
Natasha spoke to Kristen Anderson, the co-founder and CEO of Catch, an app to provide payroll benefits for people who... more
Alex is back with the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week.... more
Wow, did we have the force of tech news with us this week. Equity has your rundown of the week... more
Natasha took over TechCrunch Live with Sam Chaudhary, the founder of ClassDojo, and Chris Farmer, the founder and CEO of... more
Alex is back on the mic with your Monday rundown, and as usual, we had much to unpack. We're digging... more
This week, we're talking AI, we're talking layoffs and we're talking coffee. Natasha, Alex and Mary Ann are digging into... more
This week, Natasha interviewed Ankur Nagpal, the entrepreneur behind Teachable, Ocho, and Vibe Capital, about the future of solo GPs, how Ankur... more
Today Alex Wilhelm is talking about Twitter Blue, Lyft, a few startup rounds, and what could kick off the next... more
This week we recorded at Early Stage, TechCrunch's event for founders who are building startups from the ground up. Alex... more
Today, we’re talking about software - modern software, the stuff hosted on the cloud and the startups busy building it... more
Today we are talking about space, birds and startups! Alex is catching you up on the latest in the market,... more
This week Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex enjoyed the warming climate and the fact that there are some positive vibes... more
This week, Natasha spoke with a founder, a psychiatrist and a venture capitalist about founder mental health, a topic that... more
Today, Alex is talking about crypto, Uber, and how to be petty at scale. We dug into the world of... more
This was Y Combinator week in a sense, with the well-known accelerator showing off hundreds of startups over a two-day... more
To celebrate the end of Q1 2023 and the start of not only another earnings cycle, but also the data... more
Alex is back with the first episode of our Q2 run. Welcome to the new tranch of 2023! We're covering... more
AI? Crypto? Equity crowdfunding and former startup founders trying to bribe China? We had it all this week, friends, so... more
This week, Natasha interviewed a Jack of all trades in the AI world with a focus on governance: Navrina Singh. We're... more
On today's weekend rundown, Alex took a look at the global stock market, the latest on the sale of Silicon... more
What did Mary Ann and Natasha and Alex dive into today? TikTok's CEO standing before Congress on Thursday, Duolingo's new... more
Natasha interviewed one of venture's most iconic duos: Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein of Kapor Capital. The investors recently... more
Alex is here to do our Monday show, and after a hectic few weeks, are we done with banking news?... more
While our dear Mary Ann is away for a much needed break (and birthday celebration!), Alex and Natasha are holding... more
This week, Natasha interviewed Series CEO Brexton Pham, who has been building a full-stack enterprise platform for institutions and enterprises since March... more
Given how bonkers the last few days have been, this is not a normal show. Sure, we're talking money up... more
This week, Alex, Mary Ann and Natasha gathered to riff through the week's biggest startup and venture news, starting with... more
This week, Natasha interviewed Lizzie Matusov, the co-founder and CEO of Quotient, which wants to fix the "leaky pipeline problem" in... more
Alex is ready to kickoff the week with our Monday show, and here's what we have for you this morning:... more
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for—the winner is announced! In this episode, we get to know the winner... more
Mary Ann, Becca, and Alex gathered to riff through the week's biggest startup and venture news including: Divert and... more
This week, Mary Ann interviewed Mark Goldberg, partner and fintech lead at Index Ventures. The pair talked about: the party... more
Alex is back and bringing our Monday show off the page and into your ears bright and early. Today, he... more
Inside Startup Battlefield is back in our feed with episode three. There are 180 companies solving crucial problems that didn’t... more
This week Natasha, Mary Ann, and Becca Szkutak welcome back a familiar voice - Alex Wilhelm! We had the whole... more
This week, Natasha interviewed Kaisa Snellman, an economic sociologist and an associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Academic Director of the INSEAD... more
Inside Startup Battlefield is back in our feed with episode two. In the second episode of Inside Startup Battlefield, we... more
This week, Natasha, Mary Ann Azevedo and Becca got on the mic to talk startups, pet peeves and focaccia. Oh,... more
This week, Natasha interviewed Elana Berkowitz, founding partner at Springbank Collective and an early-stage investor working to close the gender gap.... more
Check out the newest podcast from the TechCrunch Podcast Network: Inside Startup Battlefield, the four-part series that takes you behind... more
This week, Natasha, Mary Ann Azevedo and Becca got on the mic to talk startups, pet peeves and focaccia. Oh, we also... more