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