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Like baseball, cricket relies on grass, dirt, wood, cork, spit, spin, drop and rise en route to either victory or loss. And like baseball — and just about any other…
Startups Weekly: In a crowded field of unicorns, ClassPass becomes another unicorn
5:21 pm PST • January 12, 2020
I hope you’ve all had a good week. Normally I’m behind the scenes (where I’m most comfortable), but I’ll be managing the Startups Weekly newsletter until I assign it to…
TechCrunch Include yearly report
10:19 am PST • December 31, 2019
Welcome to the third annual TechCrunch Include Progress Report. Our editorial and events teams work hard throughout the year to ensure that we bring you the most dynamic and diverse…
Equity transcribed: How to avoid an IPO
1:51 PM PDT • May 25, 2019
This week, the Equity duo of Kate Clark and Alex Wilhelm convened to get some quick hits in about Slack’s WORK, Luckin Coffee and Sam…
Equity transcribed: Digging into the Uber S-1
12:30 PM PDT • April 13, 2019
Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast that unpacks the numbers behind the headlines. And because it’s another week,…
The popular TechCrunch podcast Equity this week launched a new series called Equity Dive, wherein a host interviews the writer of the latest edition of…
Equity transcribed: Funding news round-up, a16z’s future, an upcoming IPO and more Lyft
10:38 AM PDT • April 7, 2019
Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast that unpacks the numbers behind the headlines. Here we put the words…
Equity transcribed: What the Lyft IPO means for IPO-ready unicorns
11:30 AM PDT • March 30, 2019
Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast that unpacks the numbers behind the headlines. We’re running an experiment for…
AI
How Amazon and Walmart are putting robots to work behind the scenes
10:18 am PDT • March 21, 2019
This week Brian Heater, fresh off a trip to Pittsburgh to visit a handful of robotics companies, led a discussion about the current state of robotics and how startups are…
Equity transcribed: Uber IPO, Stash’s raise and more YC movement
10:42 AM PDT • March 16, 2019
Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast that unpacks the numbers behind the headlines. We’re running an experiment for…
Understanding Instagram’s founding story and more from SXSW
7:30 am PDT • March 15, 2019
Each week, Extra Crunch members have access to conference calls moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, in addition to Zack Whittaker’s discussion about a complicated…
This week, security reporter Zack Whittaker discussed his exclusive report about Tufts University veterinary student Tiffany Filler who was expelled on charges she hacked her grades. Being Canadian and therefore in…
Equity transcribed: Y Combinator, Airbnb and HotelTonight
7:00 am PST • March 9, 2019
We’re starting an experiment for Extra Crunch members that puts the words of our wildly popular venture capital podcast, Equity, in your eyes instead of your ears. This week, the…
Mixtape podcast: Tech’s concern for the homeless
1:33 pm PST • February 26, 2019
Welcome to the latest episode of TechCrunch Mixtape with Megan Rose Dickey and myself. This week we talk about mental illness within the homeless population, specifically how people can help…
Mixtape podcast: Instacart’s apologetic week
7:33 am PST • February 8, 2019
It’s that time of the week again when Megan Rose Dickey and I talk about the good and could-be-better tech companies. This week, we talked about Instacart getting caught shorting its shoppers…
Mixtape Podcast: Oracle’s alleged $400M issue with underrepresented groups
5:35 pm PST • January 31, 2019
Screen time for kids, corporations allegedly not paying people from underrepresented groups and IBM offers some hope for the future of facial recognition technology: These are the topics that Megan…
Mixtape podcast: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and that meme life
8:30 am PST • January 24, 2019
Tiana Kara, the head of partnerships and growth at #builtbygirls, joins us this week to talk about the organization, which connects girls and women between the ages of 15 and…
CES and its sex tech fail
8:30 am PST • January 17, 2019
We’re coming to you with another episode of Mixtape, the TechCrunch podcast that takes a peek behind the headlines that go beyond tech. This week, Megan Rose Dickey and I…
Startup Battlefield Africa 2018
Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa
2:00 am PST • November 13, 2018
We’re bringing Startup Battlefield back to Africa on December 11, and we’re excited to announce our jam-packed agenda that highlights the best and brightest startups in the region. For months…
Startup Battlefield Africa 2018
Hear about the keys to local investing at Startup Battlefield Africa with Omobola Johnson and Lexi Novitske
3:15 am PDT • September 20, 2018
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is returning to Africa in December, this time in Lagos, Nigeria. We will have a day-long program full of our flagship Battlefield competition highlighting the best startups…
Disrupt SF 2018
Backstage Capital to launch an accelerator in four cities to promote underrepresented founders
2:38 pm PDT • September 5, 2018
After launching a $36 million fund earlier this year to help support black female founders, Backstage Capital isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Today, the fund’s founder and managing…
The tech angle in dogs, mac and cheese and working out
5:08 pm PDT • August 18, 2018
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mixtape, the podcast where Megan Rose Dickey and I, Henry Oliver Pickavet, talk about some of the stories of the week that we feel like talking…
Disrupt SF is right around the corner, which means startupland is prepping to congregate once again in the city for another epic run of investors,…
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Fashionably AI
This summer’s wedding season required me to buy a new suit. I vowed to be adventurous and buy a color I normally never would have considered. Alas, I opted for a little more movie-theater usher and a little less Jidenna. Had I known about it at the time, I probably…
1:00 pm PDT • August 1, 2018
Disrupt SF 2018
Hear about the challenges of using tech for good at Disrupt SF
10:16 am PDT • July 26, 2018
Ride-hailing, social interactions from behind tiny screens and fitness tracking are just a few of the things we’ve all become accustomed to thanks to innovative app-makers. It’s not often that…
Media & Entertainment
Ellen Pao memoir adaptation among 7 new Shonda Rhimes projects for Netflix
4:57 pm PDT • July 21, 2018
When Shonda Rhimes left ABC last August for Netflix, both she and the studio kept a tight lid on their plans. We could only imagine where the twists and turns…
Code2040’s Karla Monterroso on desegregating the tech industry
12:57 pm PDT • July 2, 2018
Welcome back to CTRL+T, the TechCrunch podcast that connects the tech to the human. On this episode, we talk about the beta release of Apple’s latest mobile operating system and…
Media & Entertainment
Original Content podcast: ‘Queer Eye’ season two is even more of a tearjerker
8:02 am PDT • June 17, 2018
It’s only been a couple months since we reviewed the first season of Netflix’s revival of Queer Eye, but the show’s Fab Five are already back with another eight episodes…
Welcome back to CTRL+T, the TechCrunch podcast where Megan Rose Dickey and I talk about stories from the week that we either found interesting or hated and had more to…
CTRL+T podcast: That time we talked about Apple, Kanye West and slavery
11:15 am PDT • June 6, 2018
Welcome back to CTRL+T, the TechCrunch podcast where Megan Rose Dickey and I talk about the stories we want to talk about and figure out what they mean in relation…
