This week, the Equity pod gang — which included newcomer Max Zeff, Margaux MacColl, and Kirsten Korosec — noticed an... more

This week on Equity Wednesday, Rebecca Bellan is joined by Louis, co-founder of America's Frontier Fund, to discuss the pressing... more

Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha and Margaux MacColl are unpacking the week’s news, including GM’s... more

While the idea that the government “should be run like a business,” is by no means a new one, with... more

AI agent startup /dev/agents announced a massive $56M seed round, putting the company’s valuation at a whopping $500 million. The... more

How can founders scale frontier tech? Today on Equity, Rebecca Bellan is finding out with Tom Biegala and Ben Hemani,... more

We hope those of you in the U.S. had a Happy Thanksgiving! And as a holiday treat this week, Equity... more

At this year's TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco,  President and CEO of the Aerospace Corporation Steve Isakowitz and Agency Chief... more

Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey and Margaux MacColl dig into the week’s tech and startup... 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 at... 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

Did OpenAI really ask its investors to avoid backing rivals like Anthropic and xAI? That’s what hosts Devin Coldewey, Margaux... 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 podcast crew discusses several weird things and at least one cool thing. Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey,... 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

Today’s episode is packed with M&A talk, how one YouTuber succeeded at the creator economy, why Twitch is still losing... 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 Partners 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, and 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, we're 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 DVx... 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

In a press release this morning, the European Commission named Apple as the first of tech’s so-called “gatekeepers” to be... 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 that got Equity hosts Haje Kamps and... 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

As always, there was a lot happening in startup land this week, and the Equity team had so much fun... 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 - Becca... more

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

Last week was a big one for AI news, and one thing that stood out to us was OpenAI's deal... 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

Good news, crypto founders: Venture capital activity is picking up in your sector after falling to multi-year lows in late... more

News that Jack Dorsey is out at Bluesky caused a stir this weekend. After all, Dorsey is a former Twitter... more

Mary Ann Azevedo, Kirsten Korosec, and Alex Wilhelm had a lot to parse this week.  We had notes on wallet-as-a-service’ startup... more

Startups are not shying away from big projects. That’s my takeaway from news that The Browser Company’s Arc browser is... more

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

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

Well, if you are a big TikTok fan and live in the United States, I have some bad news for... 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

What is worth $11 billion and wants to go to Mars to collect rocks? NASA’s mission to Mars to collect... more

It’s only Monday morning, but it already feels like Thursday given the sheer amount of news that’s flowing in. We have... 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-Searchlight deal that reminded us of the Wonderschool-Early Day transaction... more

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

The AI boom, love it or find it to be a bit more hype than substance, is here to stay.... more

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

This is our Wednesday show, when we take a moment to dig into a raft of startup and venture capital... more

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind... 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 the show we had a lot of ground to cover: Stocks around the world are in retreat to... more

This week we had Mary Ann, Becca, and Alex aboard.  Here's what the crew got into: Deals of the Week: Mary Ann wanted... more

Today we have a grip of startup stories, and a venture capital item that isn’t as bad of news as... more

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

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind... more

This is our Wednesday episode, in which we dig into critical startup news to stay abreast of what founders 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 is our interview show, where we sit down with a guest, think about their work, and unpack the rest.... more

Today on the pod, Mary Ann and Alex dug into a whole mess of news, including: Mews' massive new round is... more

This is our Wednesday show, focused on startup and venture capital news that matters. If you are a founder or... 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 $50 billion São Paulo, Brazil-based digital... more

Here’s what Mary Ann and Alex got into: Stripe’s valuation recovers: As part of a tender offer, Stripe is now worth... more