Equity

Equity

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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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Get ready for a jam-packed episode of Equity, TechCrunch’s flagship podcast about the business of startups! This week, co-hosts Mary Ann Azevedo and Haje Kamps…

Ilya Sutskever’s new AI venture, and time to BeReal about bankruptcy
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Do co-CEOs make sense?

In this week’s episode of Equity, Haje Kamps and Mary Ann Azevedo delve into the recent decision by fintech company Brex to abandon its co-CEO…

Do co-CEOs make sense?

This week on Equity, we discussed some big news that really matters: How Black founders are addressing the diversity gap in AI chatbots. We’ve all…

Black founders are customizing ChatGPT as crypto makes a comeback

In today’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Mary Ann Azevedo, Becca Szkutak and Haje Kamps dug into three very different but all interesting deals of the week. Haje…

Raspberry Pi goes public, Musk drops his OpenAI lawsuit and startups compete with Apple Intelligence

Vanessa Larco, a partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), believes that generative AI’s impact on the world of SaaS could be huge. The investor joined…

NEA’s Vanessa Larco says generative AI will change the SaaS pricing model – and that’s a good thing

Apple’s WWDC is just hours away, and we’re gearing up for big announcements on — you guessed it — AI. TechCrunch’s Brian Heater tells us…

Byju’s valuation shakeup and what’s ahead for WWDC

As always, there was a lot happening in startup land this week, and the Equity team had so much fun breaking it down for you.…

Robinhood’s crypto bet, AI-powered healthcare, and Fisker’s fall 

Consumer startups have taken a hit when it comes to venture funding. But according to Eurie Kim, partner at Forerunner Ventures and founding member of…

Every startup has AI in its pitch deck and it should

We’re kicking off the week with a deep dive from this weekend into the demise of electric vehicle startup Fisker at the hands of its…

Inside the demise of EV startup Fisker, and X’s new rules allow adult content

Welcome back to Friday Equity! We kick things off with the Deal of the Week. First up, xAI. Elon Musk has once again proven that…

Who’s (not) IPO-ing, and what’s going on with BaaS?