Equity

Equity

889 Episodes Last Episode: Aug 23, 2024
Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast about the business of startups, unpacked by the writers who know best. Produced by Theresa Loconsolo. Edited by Kell.

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This week on Equity are some deals that are unusual for a few reasons — some good, some… well, we’ll find out. First up is…

AI talent managers, technocapitalist college towns and a rise in defense tech acquisitions

There was lots going on in startup land, as always, and the Equity crew had a blast breaking it all down. Kirsten Korosec, Mary Ann…

AI for landlords, Grok-2 unleashed and the latest attempt at AI regulation

AI was prominent in the news cycle this week — yet again. In this Friday’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Mary Ann Azevedo…

Maybe it’s a good thing that we’re not seeing too many AI unicorns

In today’s episode of Equity Podcast, Mary Ann Azevedo talked to Flourish Ventures co-founders Tilman Ehrbeck, Emmalyn Shaw and Arjuna Costa about a variety of…

Flourish Ventures on repeat founders, emerging markets and when not to hop on the AI bandwagon

AI hardware has taken on a new shape with Friend’s $99 necklace — a pendant that gives you an AI friend to talk to and…

AI friends, deepfake foes and which Tiger Global partner is leaving now

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

Global startup funding is picking up with AI still in the spotlight

Welcome back to another recap of Equity, TechCrunch’s flagship podcast about the business of startups. Today’s episode is packed with M&A talk, how one YouTuber…

Stripe’s easy-peasy acquisition and why is Twitch still losing money?

Welcome back to another recap of Equity, TechCrunch’s flagship podcast about the business of startups. This episode is packed with some significant fundraises, a potentially…

Alphabet is clearly looking to buy, so who’s selling, and why did Wiz say no?

Maven Ventures general partner Sara Deshpande has been investing in the consumer tech space for a decade. Over time, the seed-stage venture firm has backed…

Cracking the AI and consumer code with early Zoom-backer Maven Ventures

On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan did a deep dive into the CrowdStrike outage that affected around 8.5 million Windows devices around the world,…

CrowdStrike’s fallout, Harris’s stance on tech and Yandex’s rise from the ashes