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Equity
TechCrunch, Mary Ann Azevedo, Kell, Theresa Loconsolo, Rebecca Bellan, Rebecca Szkutak

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

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YC takes a bite out of PearAI, and French startups have a new home

Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey, and Margaux MacColl are unpacking another busy week in the tech world, kicking things off with... more

04 Oct 2024 · 31 minutes
Found: Has Rippling won? with Parker Conrad from Rippling

HR software is big, big business. And no one understands that better than Parker Conrad the CEO and co-founder of... more

02 Oct 2024 · 49 minutes
Green flags for defense tech and Silicon Valley's longevity obsession

Equity is closing out the week as always with a round up of the week's top startup and venture news.... more

27 Sep 2024 · 29 minutes
The hydrogen plateau and IRA funding crutch with Toyota Ventures' Lisa Coca

Today on Equity, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Lisa Coca from Toyota Ventures during Climate Week NYC to discuss a... more

25 Sep 2024 · 21 minutes
'Super weird' is the best way to describe this startup's pivot

This week on Equity, the crew rounded up several weird things from the week and at least one cool thing. Kirsten... more

20 Sep 2024 · 25 minutes
JP Morgan's head of startup banking says 'Founder Mode' won't get you a unicorn

Today on Equity, Kirsten Korosec is joined by J.P. Morgan’s Head of Startup Banking, Ashraf Hebela. Prior to joining J.P.... more

18 Sep 2024 · 32 minutes
AI's tween years, who's taking over climate tech, and the latest for Fearless Fund

What could be more frightening than Friday the 13th? How about a realization that AI is in its awkward tween... more

13 Sep 2024 · 34 minutes
AI illusions and navigating The Money Trap with Alok Sama

Today on Equity, Former SoftBank Group International President Alok Sama joins Rebecca Bellan ahead of the launch of his new... more

11 Sep 2024 · 26 minutes
Equity Shot: Here's what you missed at Apple's 'Glowtime' event

Don’t have an hour and forty minutes to devote to watching the replay of Apple’s 'Glowtime' event? As expected, the... more

09 Sep 2024 · 3 minutes
The AI secondary shares market is giving Beanie Babies economics

The Equity podcast crew is wrapping up another eventful week, with real estate, AI agents, gambling, and secondary markets —... more

06 Sep 2024 · 29 minutes
Inside startup shutdowns with the creator of Layoffs.FYI (re-run)

Today on Equity, we're throwing it back to when Mary Ann interviewed Roger Lee, an entrepreneur who’s spent the better... more

04 Sep 2024 · 27 minutes
Telegram founder's arrest, and who's using acqui-hires to tip-toe around antitrust

Today on  Equity, Devin Coldeway kicked off our Deals of the Week rundown with Piramidal, a startup which offers a... more

30 Aug 2024 · 31 minutes
Are Google's monopoly cases 5 years too late or 2 years too early?

When US District Court Judge Amit Mehta found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its monopoly in online search,... more

28 Aug 2024 · 22 minutes
AI talent managers, technocapitalist college towns, and a rise in defense tech acquisitions

In this Friday’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast Mary Ann Azevedo, Devin Coldewey, and Equity's newest voice Margaux MacColl are... more

23 Aug 2024 · 29 minutes
Is there a right way to regulate AI? (w. Helen Toner)

What is the right way to regulate AI? There appears to be as many different answers to that as there... more

21 Aug 2024 · 18 minutes
AI for landlords, Grok-2 unleashed, and the latest attempt at AI regulation

This week on Equity Kirsten Korosec and Mary Ann Azevedo were joined by one of TechCrunch’s resident AI experts, Devin... more

16 Aug 2024 · 32 minutes
Found: Getting realistic about AI’s potential with Nick Frosst from Cohere

Enterprise AI is booming so it’s no wonder that, as companies figure out how to implement it, the industry of... more

14 Aug 2024 · 38 minutes
Maybe it's a good thing that we're not seeing too many AI unicorns

In this Friday’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Mary Ann Azevedo and Becca Szkutak kick off the show... more

09 Aug 2024 · 31 minutes
Flourish Ventures on repeat founders, emerging markets, and when not to hop on the AI bandwagon

In today’s episode of Equity Podcast, Mary Ann Azevedo talked to Flourish Ventures co-founders Tilman Ehrbeck, Emmalyn Shaw and Arjuna... more

07 Aug 2024 · 26 minutes
AI Friends, deepfake foes, and which Tiger Global partner is leaving now

On today's Friday news roundup, we just had to talk about AI hardware taking on a new shape with Friend’s... more

02 Aug 2024 · 31 minutes
Global startup funding is picking up with AI still in the spotlight

Global startup funding was up 16% in the second quarter, according to Crunchbase data, led by an uptick in mega-rounds.... more

31 Jul 2024 · 25 minutes
Stripe’s easy-peasy acquisition, and why is Twitch still losing money?

Rebecca Bellan is back this morning for an episode packed with M&A talk, how one YouTuber succeeded at the creator... more

29 Jul 2024 · 11 minutes
Alphabet is clearly looking to buy, so who's selling, and why did Wiz say no?

This week felt like two weeks rolled into one. To kick things off, Mary Ann Azevedo walked everyone through Clio’s... more

26 Jul 2024 · 33 minutes
Cracking the AI and consumer code with early Zoom-backer Maven Ventures

Maven Ventures General Partner Sara Deshpande has been investing in the consumer tech space for a decade. Over time, the seed-stage... more

24 Jul 2024 · 26 minutes
CrowdStrike’s fallout, where Harris stands on tech and Yandex’s rise from the ashes

On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan did a deep dive into the CrowdStrike outage that affected around 8.5 million... more

22 Jul 2024 · 11 minutes
Silicon Valley's impact on the election and an acquisition making our HeadSpin

To kick off this week's news roundup, Kirsten walked us through Elon Musk’s recent declaration of his intent to move... more

19 Jul 2024 · 32 minutes
If the music stops, what startup gets a chair? Renegade Partners' co-founders are finding out

Renegade Ventures co-founders Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek have seen it all in their careers — notably over the past... more

17 Jul 2024 · 29 minutes
Google’s talks to buy Wiz, and the gap between AI spending and AI revenue

On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan explored Google’s reported talks to acquire Wiz, a cloud security company, for around... more

15 Jul 2024 · 8 minutes
There's always something happening to OpenAI's board

Mary Ann was off this week, but Kirsten took the lead with Becca Szkutak and Rebecca Bellan in the co-host... more

12 Jul 2024 · 27 minutes
Floodgate's Mike Maples says startups that people 'don't like' may be the best ones to back

Mike Maples Jr. is a prolific angel investor and co-founder of early-stage venture firm Floodgate. Over the years, he’s taken... more

10 Jul 2024 · 29 minutes
A new trend for Seed VCs, and the scariest part about OpenAI's data breach

On today's episode of Equity, Becca's taking a look at news you might've missed over the holiday weekend here in... more

08 Jul 2024 · 6 minutes
Jon McNeill on VC 2.0 and creating startups in house

What’s the common thread between Tesla, building startups, General Motors, venture capital and Lyft? Jon McNeill, co-founder and partner of... more

03 Jul 2024 · 32 minutes
AI-powered drug development, VW teams up with Rivian, and DEI is 'bad'

Mary Ann, Haje and Kirsten are back on the mic for this week's episode, which was is jam-packed with deals,... more

28 Jun 2024 · 29 minutes
Y Combinator sets its sights on D.C. with Luther Lowe

Today, we’re bringing you a conversation from TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in DC earlier this month, where TechCrunch Editor in Chief... more

26 Jun 2024 · 21 minutes
The EU's DMA is coming for Apple, and X bots are on the loose

Equity is back with your Monday Morning news rundown! This morning, a press release from the European Commission named Apple... more

24 Jun 2024 · 12 minutes
Ilya Sutskever's new AI venture, and time to BeReal about bankruptcy

This week, co-hosts Mary-Ann Azavedo and Haje Kamps were joined by the ever-insightful Kirsten Korosec to dive into the latest... more

21 Jun 2024 · 33 minutes
Do co-CEOs make sense?

Last week, Brex announced that it would be ditching its co-CEO model, and today, Equity hosts Haje Kamps and Mary... more

19 Jun 2024 · 19 minutes
Black founders are tailoring the ChatGPT experience, and crypto makes a comeback

This week on Equity, we discussed some big news that really matters: How Black founders are addressing the diversity gap... more

17 Jun 2024 · 13 minutes
Musk v. OpenAI, and how can startups compete with Apple Intelligence?

Welcome back to Friday Equity! In today’s episode Equity podcast, Mary Ann, Haje and Becca dug into three very different but... more

14 Jun 2024 · 28 minutes
NEA’s Vanessa Larco says generative AI will change the SaaS pricing model - and that’s a good thing

Vanessa Larco, partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), believes that Generative AI’s impact on the world of SaaS could be... more

12 Jun 2024 · 27 minutes
Byju's valuation shakeup and what's ahead for WWDC

Apple’s WWDC is just hours away, and we’re gearing up for big announcements on – you guessed it – AI.... more

10 Jun 2024 · 5 minutes
Robinhood's crypto bet, AI-powered healthcare, and more on the fall of Fisker

Mary Ann and Rebecca discussed Robinhood’s plans to buy European crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200 million in cash and why... more

07 Jun 2024 · 36 minutes
Every startup has AI in their pitch deck and they should according to Forerunner Ventures' Eurie Kim

Consumer startups have taken a hit when it comes to venture funding. But according to Eurie Kim, partner at Forerunner... more

05 Jun 2024 · 32 minutes
Inside the demise of EV startup Fisker, and X's new rules allow adult content

Welcome to this week's Episode of Equity Monday. We're kicking off the week with a deep dive from this weekend... more

03 Jun 2024 · 12 minutes
Who's (not) IPO-ing and what's going on with BaaS?

Welcome back to Equity Friday! In this week’s episode, Mary Ann, Becca Szkutak,and Haje Kamps tackled three deals of the week:... more

31 May 2024 · 31 minutes
Peering into the 'Series A chasm' with Everywhere Ventures' Jenny Fielding

It’s no secret that the bar for startups to land a Series A has risen, but has it risen too... more

29 May 2024 · 25 minutes
Musk’s xAI raises fresh capital while Synapse’s bankruptcy could impact millions

We’re kicking off the short week with news about Elon Musk, and no, it’s not about X or Tesla. Instead,... more

28 May 2024 · 9 minutes
The new Equity crew on a proposed AI 'kill switch' and why it's rough out there for VCs

Say hi to the new Equity crew! To kick off today's show, Mary Ann invited her new co-hosts -... more

24 May 2024 · 29 minutes
Here's how startups can crack the US market, according to Australian VCs

Today, we’re listening back to not one but two interviews from the other side of the globe, thanks to our... more

22 May 2024 · 47 minutes
Maven takes the clout-chasing out of social media as Reddit teams up with OpenAI

The AI news continues this week, and we're kicking things off with OpenAI's deal with Reddit. Per the terms of... more

20 May 2024 · 11 minutes
AI's busy week, and why the heck are so many VCs leaving their firms?

This week, Mary Ann, Becca and Haje dug into three funding deals, proving that bigger is not always better (or... more

17 May 2024 · 33 minutes
Newchip's bankruptcy is a cautionary tale for founders

For months, TechCrunch Senior Reporters Mary Ann Azevedo and Christine Hall have been following the story of Newchip's bankruptcy and... more

15 May 2024 · 22 minutes
OpenAI gears up for a big announcement, and Apple Store workers authorize a strike

Last week was a busy one for some Apple Store employees. Over the weekend, workers at Apple’s Townson, Maryland store... more

13 May 2024 · 11 minutes
Acquisitions are heating up, and Mercury eyes the fintech crown

Finally, some good news! This week, we were pleasantly surprised to see that FTX victims would be getting some money... more

10 May 2024 · 31 minutes
$450M for Noname, two billion-dollar rounds, and good news for crypto startups

This morning on Equity, not only do we have good news for crypto founders, we're also digging into Akamai spending... more

08 May 2024 · 16 minutes
Dorsey leaves Bluesky, tech giants do more with less, and the next IPO

Today on Equity, we had to talk about the news that Jack Dorsey is out at Bluesky. After all, Dorsey... more

06 May 2024 · 11 minutes
Inside TC’s Techstars investigation and how AI is accelerating disability tech

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

03 May 2024 · 34 minutes
A new venture capital supergroup is forming

This week on Equity, we dug into the Chowdeck round. It’s a Nigerian company that is putting up impressive growth... more

01 May 2024 · 10 minutes
Musk’s xAI shows there’s more money on the sidelines for AI startups

We’re off to an AI-heavy start to the week. OpenAI has a new deal with the Financial Times that caught... more

29 Apr 2024 · 13 minutes
Good news for Rubrik, bad news for TikTok, and encouraging news for Early Stage startups

This week, Rubrik’s strong IPO pricing and warm reception by the public markets after its listing add more weight to... more

26 Apr 2024 · 27 minutes
The TikTok ban clears key hurdle while Perplexity AI continues to shake up search

Today on Equity, we have som bad news for TikTok fans in the U.S.: A bill that would force a... more

24 Apr 2024 · 12 minutes
Salesforce's silly deal dies as we keep our eyes on Ibotta and Rubrik

Today we dug into the latest markets news, including upcoming earnings, IPOs, and what impact — if any — the... more

22 Apr 2024 · 13 minutes
Notable Capital's Hans Tung on the state of VC and the upside to down rounds

This week, Mary Ann talked to Hans Tung, managing partner of Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital), which is focused on... more

20 Apr 2024 · 25 minutes
Tesla’s busy week, and is fintech having a moment?

It’s been more than a minute since Tesla went public, but the EV company was inescapable on TechCrunch this week.... more

19 Apr 2024 · 31 minutes
An $11B bonanza for space startups, and where is all that a16z money going?

Today’s Equity episode is focused on all things startups, which means we got to chat through NASA's $11 billion opportunity... more

17 Apr 2024 · 10 minutes
OpenAI plans new Tokyo office as Tesla layoffs arrive

Equity is back with two critical headlines this morning. First, OpenAI is going to Japan with plans for an office... more

15 Apr 2024 · 12 minutes
Beeper acquired by Automattic, fintech's decline and YC's lack of LatAm founders

Today, the Equity crew dug into Automattic buying Beeper for $125 million. Recall that the WordPress parent company bought Texts.com... more

12 Apr 2024 · 30 minutes
A $60M venture fund with a twist, and more startup-on-startup acquisitions

Today on Equity’s startup-focused Wednesday show, we dug into the Multiverse's acquisition of Searchlight, a deal that reminded us of... more

10 Apr 2024 · 11 minutes
Spotify’s new AI playlists, the US’s latest chip deal, and a shot at data privacy

Now that we are finally past Y Combinator’s demo day — though our Friday show is worth listening if you... more

08 Apr 2024 · 9 minutes
What we've learned from the women behind the AI revolution

Today on Equity, Alex is joined by TechCrunch's Dominic-Madori Davis and Kyle Wiggers to discuss their ongoing Women in AI... more

06 Apr 2024 · 20 minutes
From YC to IPO: Winter 2024 Demo Day, Rubrik and Ibotta

What a week, everyone. Two full days of Y Combinator demo day activity kept us busy, but the latest accelerator... more

05 Apr 2024 · 30 minutes
Nvidia might be clouding the funding climate for AI chip startups, but Hailo is still fighting

On the podcast this morning we have BlaBlaCar's new credit facility and how it managed to land it, how PipeDreams... more

03 Apr 2024 · 10 minutes
Ads on Discord, AT&T passcode resets, and podcast changes for Android users

Equity has what you need to know to kick off Q2! Alex is talking through the latest in stocks and... more

01 Apr 2024 · 11 minutes
SBF's sentencing, Databricks' GPT rival, and who's investing in the "underdog" founders

As the week comes to a close, we're also shutting the book on the trial of former FTX CEO Sam... more

29 Mar 2024 · 31 minutes
Why a16z-backed Wonderschool is acquiring EarlyDay

This is our interview show, where we sit down with guests, think about their work, and unpack the rest. This... more

28 Mar 2024 · 33 minutes
Spotify throws its hat in the edtech ring

Today on Equity, Alex is catching you up on stocks around the world, crypto prices, and the weekend's biggest news.... more

25 Mar 2024 · 11 minutes
A $700M SAFE, more IPOs, and how one venture fund is transcending borders

The Equity crew is closing out the week with a look at Onyx's pivot to B2B, a climate incubator set... more

22 Mar 2024 · 32 minutes
Astera Labs going public and the Inflection-Microsoft AI saga

On today's episode, Astera Labs is going public after pricing above-range, and Microsoft scoops up Inflection AI talent. We'll also... more

20 Mar 2024 · 13 minutes
LinkedIn wants a piece of Wordle’s success

Here’s what we got into this morning: Apple may tap Google for AI: Sure, Apple is working on its own AI... more

18 Mar 2024 · 12 minutes
How to avoid all the IPO work without annoying investors

It's Equity Friday! Today our beloved Mary Ann was off on well-deserved break, so our friend and fellow-podcaster Rebecca Szkutak... more

15 Mar 2024 · 30 minutes
Startups are hiring fewer workers and paying out less in equity comp

Equity is back with your mid-week startup check-in! We have new data from Carta on how startup compensation is changing,... more

13 Mar 2024 · 12 minutes
Musk’s Grok goes open-source and Reddit updates its IPO filing

Today on Equity, we're kicking off another week with a look at Reddit's new IPO filing, the potential impact of... more

11 Mar 2024 · 11 minutes
How many startups shut down last year compared to the year before? A lot.

This week, Mary Ann interviewed Roger Lee, an entrepreneur who’s spent the better part of a decade building tools for... more

09 Mar 2024 · 27 minutes
What's the Deel with Remofirst, and why are VCs playing musical chairs?

Today on Equity, Alex and Mary Ann are highlighting deals of the week including Mews' massive new round and how... more

08 Mar 2024 · 31 minutes
OpenAI fires back at Musk, and Monzo raises a megaround

Alex hopped back on the mic this morning to talk about OpenAI bringing receipts to its tussle with Musk and... more

06 Mar 2024 · 11 minutes
Apple’s €1.84B fine, new AI rules in India, and the latest pre-IPO round

This is our Monday show, in which we take a look back at the weekend and what’s ahead in the... more

04 Mar 2024 · 10 minutes
The tourist VCs in LatAm have gone home

This week, Mary Ann talked to David Vélez, the co-founder and CEO of Nubank. The pair dove deep into why... more

02 Mar 2024 · 19 minutes
Will we reach AGI before Stripe goes public?

Alex and Mary Ann are sending you off into the weekend with news on Stripe's recovered valuation, Fervo Energy's $200M... more

01 Mar 2024 · 33 minutes
Microsoft invests in yet another AI company

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

28 Feb 2024 · 10 minutes
Why some VCs are pulling back from Europe, Google’s AI push, and who is the CEO of Byju’s?

Equity is back with another Monday morning recap of the weekend and look ahead at the week to come. We're... more

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Equity is back with your mid-week startup check-in! We have new data from Carta on how startup compensation is changing, raises from... more