The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of... more
Late last week, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler said that he was “proud to serve” the agency,... more
Over the last few years, VC Ben Horowitz has donated at least $7.6 million to fund police department purchases -... more
Today on Equity, TechCrunch Editor Julie Bort is sitting down with Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce and one of... more
A tech regulation shakeup is on the way with President-elect Donald Trump set to take office in January. Trump has... more
Today on Equity, we’re taking you backstage at TechCrunch Disrupt. Rebecca Bellan caught up with Rebecca Gevalt, Managing Partner... more
As the founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, Peter Beck is a familiar face to anyone in the space industry.... more
The Equity crew was live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024! Hosts Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey and Margaux MacColl took over the... more
It’s no secret that Stripe has doubled down on its crypto offerings, enabling crypto purchases in the EU back in... more
“It's a bit too early to say that the race is over,” said Philippe Botteri when asked about European startups’... more
Today on Equity, Devin, Margaux and Anthony Ha are rounding up the week's startup and venture news, kicking things off... more
At Tesla’s robotaxi reveal event last week, several Optimus humanoid robots mingled with guests, pouring drinks and cracking jokes. Impressive... more
Equity kicked off this week's news roundup with a look at OpenAI's $6.6 billion round, which is being called the... more
Today on Equity, Rebecca Bellan sat down with Zander Brumbaugh, the 22-year-old founder of Gamebeast, a startup that offers Roblox... more
Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey, and Margaux MacColl are unpacking another busy week in the tech world, kicking things off with... more
HR software is big, big business. And no one understands that better than Parker Conrad the CEO and co-founder of... more
Equity is closing out the week as always with a round up of the week's top startup and venture news.... more
Today on Equity, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Lisa Coca from Toyota Ventures during Climate Week NYC to discuss a... more
This week on Equity, the crew rounded up several weird things from the week and at least one cool thing. Kirsten... more
Today on Equity, Kirsten Korosec is joined by J.P. Morgan’s Head of Startup Banking, Ashraf Hebela. Prior to joining J.P.... more
What could be more frightening than Friday the 13th? How about a realization that AI is in its awkward tween... more
Today on Equity, Former SoftBank Group International President Alok Sama joins Rebecca Bellan ahead of the launch of his new... more
Don’t have an hour and forty minutes to devote to watching the replay of Apple’s 'Glowtime' event? As expected, the... more
The Equity podcast crew is wrapping up another eventful week, with real estate, AI agents, gambling, and secondary markets —... more
Today on Equity, we're throwing it back to when Mary Ann interviewed Roger Lee, an entrepreneur who’s spent the better... more
Today on Equity, Devin Coldeway kicked off our Deals of the Week rundown with Piramidal, a startup which offers a... more
When US District Court Judge Amit Mehta found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its monopoly in online search,... more
In this Friday’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast Mary Ann Azevedo, Devin Coldewey, and Equity's newest voice Margaux MacColl are... more
What is the right way to regulate AI? There appears to be as many different answers to that as there... more
This week on Equity Kirsten Korosec and Mary Ann Azevedo were joined by one of TechCrunch’s resident AI experts, Devin... more
Enterprise AI is booming so it’s no wonder that, as companies figure out how to implement it, the industry of... more
In this Friday’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Mary Ann Azevedo and Becca Szkutak kick off the show... more
In today’s episode of Equity Podcast, Mary Ann Azevedo talked to Flourish Ventures co-founders Tilman Ehrbeck, Emmalyn Shaw and Arjuna... more
On today's Friday news roundup, we just had to talk about AI hardware taking on a new shape with Friend’s... more
Global startup funding was up 16% in the second quarter, according to Crunchbase data, led by an uptick in mega-rounds.... more
Rebecca Bellan is back this morning for an episode packed with M&A talk, how one YouTuber succeeded at the creator... more
This week felt like two weeks rolled into one. To kick things off, Mary Ann Azevedo walked everyone through Clio’s... more
Maven Ventures General Partner Sara Deshpande has been investing in the consumer tech space for a decade. Over time, the seed-stage... more
On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan did a deep dive into the CrowdStrike outage that affected around 8.5 million... more
To kick off this week's news roundup, Kirsten walked us through Elon Musk’s recent declaration of his intent to move... more
Renegade Ventures co-founders Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek have seen it all in their careers — notably over the past... more
On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan explored Google’s reported talks to acquire Wiz, a cloud security company, for around... more
Mary Ann was off this week, but Kirsten took the lead with Becca Szkutak and Rebecca Bellan in the co-host... more
Mike Maples Jr. is a prolific angel investor and co-founder of early-stage venture firm Floodgate. Over the years, he’s taken... more
On today's episode of Equity, Becca's taking a look at news you might've missed over the holiday weekend here in... more
What’s the common thread between Tesla, building startups, General Motors, venture capital and Lyft? Jon McNeill, co-founder and partner of... more
Mary Ann, Haje and Kirsten are back on the mic for this week's episode, which was is jam-packed with deals,... more
Today, we’re bringing you a conversation from TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in DC earlier this month, where TechCrunch Editor in Chief... more
Equity is back with your Monday Morning news rundown! This morning, a press release from the European Commission named Apple... more
This week, co-hosts Mary-Ann Azavedo and Haje Kamps were joined by the ever-insightful Kirsten Korosec to dive into the latest... more
Last week, Brex announced that it would be ditching its co-CEO model, and today, Equity hosts Haje Kamps and Mary... more
This week on Equity, we discussed some big news that really matters: How Black founders are addressing the diversity gap... more
Welcome back to Friday Equity! In today’s episode Equity podcast, Mary Ann, Haje and Becca dug into three very different but... more
Vanessa Larco, partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), believes that Generative AI’s impact on the world of SaaS could be... more
Apple’s WWDC is just hours away, and we’re gearing up for big announcements on – you guessed it – AI.... more
Mary Ann and Rebecca discussed Robinhood’s plans to buy European crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200 million in cash and why... more
Consumer startups have taken a hit when it comes to venture funding. But according to Eurie Kim, partner at Forerunner... more
Welcome to this week's Episode of Equity Monday. We're kicking off the week with a deep dive from this weekend... more
Welcome back to Equity Friday! In this week’s episode, Mary Ann, Becca Szkutak,and Haje Kamps tackled three deals of the week:... more
It’s no secret that the bar for startups to land a Series A has risen, but has it risen too... more
We’re kicking off the short week with news about Elon Musk, and no, it’s not about X or Tesla. Instead,... more
Say hi to the new Equity crew! To kick off today's show, Mary Ann invited her new co-hosts -... more
Today, we’re listening back to not one but two interviews from the other side of the globe, thanks to our... more
The AI news continues this week, and we're kicking things off with OpenAI's deal with Reddit. Per the terms of... more
This week, Mary Ann, Becca and Haje dug into three funding deals, proving that bigger is not always better (or... more
For months, TechCrunch Senior Reporters Mary Ann Azevedo and Christine Hall have been following the story of Newchip's bankruptcy and... more
Last week was a busy one for some Apple Store employees. Over the weekend, workers at Apple’s Townson, Maryland store... more
Finally, some good news! This week, we were pleasantly surprised to see that FTX victims would be getting some money... more
This morning on Equity, not only do we have good news for crypto founders, we're also digging into Akamai spending... more
Today on Equity, we had to talk about the news that Jack Dorsey is out at Bluesky. After all, Dorsey... more
The Equity crew had a lot to parse this week. We had notes on wallet-as-a-service’ startup Ansa's latest fundraise, and... more
This week on Equity, we dug into the Chowdeck round. It’s a Nigerian company that is putting up impressive growth... more
We’re off to an AI-heavy start to the week. OpenAI has a new deal with the Financial Times that caught... more
This week, Rubrik’s strong IPO pricing and warm reception by the public markets after its listing add more weight to... more
Today on Equity, we have som bad news for TikTok fans in the U.S.: A bill that would force a... more
Today we dug into the latest markets news, including upcoming earnings, IPOs, and what impact — if any — the... more
This week, Mary Ann talked to Hans Tung, managing partner of Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital), which is focused on... more
It’s been more than a minute since Tesla went public, but the EV company was inescapable on TechCrunch this week.... more
Today’s Equity episode is focused on all things startups, which means we got to chat through NASA's $11 billion opportunity... more
Equity is back with two critical headlines this morning. First, OpenAI is going to Japan with plans for an office... more
Today, the Equity crew dug into Automattic buying Beeper for $125 million. Recall that the WordPress parent company bought Texts.com... more
Today on Equity’s startup-focused Wednesday show, we dug into the Multiverse's acquisition of Searchlight, a deal that reminded us of... more
Now that we are finally past Y Combinator’s demo day — though our Friday show is worth listening if you... more
Today on Equity, Alex is joined by TechCrunch's Dominic-Madori Davis and Kyle Wiggers to discuss their ongoing Women in AI... more
What a week, everyone. Two full days of Y Combinator demo day activity kept us busy, but the latest accelerator... more
On the podcast this morning we have BlaBlaCar's new credit facility and how it managed to land it, how PipeDreams... more
Equity has what you need to know to kick off Q2! Alex is talking through the latest in stocks and... more
As the week comes to a close, we're also shutting the book on the trial of former FTX CEO Sam... more
This is our interview show, where we sit down with guests, think about their work, and unpack the rest. This... more
Today on Equity, Alex is catching you up on stocks around the world, crypto prices, and the weekend's biggest news.... more
The Equity crew is closing out the week with a look at Onyx's pivot to B2B, a climate incubator set... more
On today's episode, Astera Labs is going public after pricing above-range, and Microsoft scoops up Inflection AI talent. We'll also... more
Here’s what we got into this morning: Apple may tap Google for AI: Sure, Apple is working on its own AI... more
It's Equity Friday! Today our beloved Mary Ann was off on well-deserved break, so our friend and fellow-podcaster Rebecca Szkutak... more
Equity is back with your mid-week startup check-in! We have new data from Carta on how startup compensation is changing,... more
Today on Equity, we're kicking off another week with a look at Reddit's new IPO filing, the potential impact of... more
This week, Mary Ann interviewed Roger Lee, an entrepreneur who’s spent the better part of a decade building tools for... more
Today on Equity, Alex and Mary Ann are highlighting deals of the week including Mews' massive new round and how... more
Alex hopped back on the mic this morning to talk about OpenAI bringing receipts to its tussle with Musk and... more
This is our Monday show, in which we take a look back at the weekend and what’s ahead in the... more
This week, Mary Ann talked to David Vélez, the co-founder and CEO of Nubank. The pair dove deep into why... more
Alex and Mary Ann are sending you off into the weekend with news on Stripe's recovered valuation, Fervo Energy's $200M... more
For Equity's mid-week update, we're talking through startup news from Microsoft and Mistral AI, Thrasio and Glean. We're also covering... more
Equity is back with another Monday morning recap of the weekend and look ahead at the week to come. We're... more
Weekend team, we have something both short and sweet for you: A dig into the Reddit IPO filing that came... more
This week Mary Ann, Kirsten, and Alex gathered to chat through a massive sheaf of news including deals of the... more
On today's episode, we're talking about Reddit's upcoming IPO (again), along with some impressive raises for edtech startup Loora, Bioptimus... more
Today on Equity, Alex is back on the mic and talking through the latest for stocks and crypto, Planity's hefty... more
On today's news round up, Alex, Mary Ann and Karyne are talking through Deals of the Week from Rasa, Hippo... more
Welcome to our Wednesday show, in which we talk through the week’s leading startup and venture capital news. Today we... more
This morning we have an interesting mix of stories, which bring technology, politics and AI together in interesting ways. To... more
Today on Equity, we're digging deep into our favorite deals of the week from Starship Technologies and Ambience Healthcare, why... more
We're taking a deep look at a number of startup fundraisings, including new capital for vertical saas, fintech and edtech,... more
On today's episode, Crypto price movements after the spot Bitcoin ETF, yet another reason for investors to think twice about... more
This week on Equity, we're going over startup raises that caught our eye and bigger deals of the week, including... more
This is our interview show, and today we're bringing Anshu Sharma back on the podcast. Last time Sharma was on,... more
This is our startup-focused, Wednesday episode, so today we’re counting down important venture rounds and chatting our way through other... more
Today on Equity, we're taking a look at how Arc's new mobile app is taking on Google search, why it... more
This week, we invited Senior Data Editor at Crunchbase News Gené Teare to come back on the podcast. We'll dig... more
This week on Equity, Plural VC announces a new fund, Fantuan teams up with Chowbus, Vroom leaves the car selling... more
This is our startup-focused, Wednesday episode, so today we're counting down important venture rounds, and chatting our way through other... more
Equity is starting the week with a look at stocks, crypto's post-ETF boom, the newest AI unicorn, how Canva is... more
Today on Equity, Alex and Mary Ann are chewing through funding rounds galore from Pomelo, Tandem and Briq. We also... more
Today on Equity, we invited Cowboy Ventrues’ Aileen Lee to chat through her massive new entry concerning the unicorn world.... more
Our newly revamped Wednesday show focuses on all things startups and venture capital. This week, we're digging into raises from... more
Today on Equity, we're covering the weekend's headlines and prepping for the week ahead with a look at stocks around... more
This week, we talked to Jenny Fielding, co-founder and managing partner at Everywhere Ventures, a founder collective and early-stage (think pre-seed)... more
This week on Equity, Shimmer raises fresh capital to offer 1:1 personalized ADHD coaching, vacation rental startup Overmoon shows impressive... more
This is our newly revamped Wednesday episode, and we’re going to be digging deep into critical startup and venture capital news.... more
Equity is kicking off the week with an update on Bitcoin ETFs, why Carta is in trouble (again), new competition... more
This week on Equity, we kicked things off with news of Ruth Foxe Blader leaving Anthemis to launch Foxe Capital... more
Today, we’re bringing you a special mini episode led by TechCrunch’s very own Morgan Sung. During this year’s Disrupt, Morgan... more
Welcome to 2024, everybody! Equity is back with a look at the latest in tech news from the weekend and... more
We're saying goodbye to 2023 with an Equity tradition: our predictions episode. As we try to do every year, we... more
We’re spinning the globe with not one but two interviews thanks to our friend and colleague Rebecca Bellan, who’s been... more
Today, we're joined by Deepka Rana, a London-based Principal at Northzone focused on early-stage companies across consumer internet and B2B... more
This is the second of a two-part series looking back at 2023. Mary Ann and Alex called on two colleagues... more
Today, we’re bringing you a special mini episode led by TechCrunch senior reporter and co-host of our sister podcast, Found,... more
It was a very, very busy year in the worlds of technology, startups, and venture capital, and the Equity crew... more
Today on Equity, we kicked off our recording with a breaking story from Cruise which announced it will be cutting... more
This week, Equity brought Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of Automattic and co-founder of WordPress onto the show, along with Kishan... more
Today on Equity, the end of tech earnings is in sight as Adobe and Oracle report this week. Elsewhere, Mistral... 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
AI? Crypto? Equity crowdfunding and former startup founders trying to bribe China? We had it all this week, friends, so please strap... more