The Equity crew is diving deep into encouraging signs from the fintech startup market, starting with Klarna's Q3 results. The company’s ability to continue growing while staying profitable is a reminder that one down-round does not a company kill. From there, we're taking a look at BNPL consumer behavior and fintech fundraising results with a 2021 flavor.

Equity is back with a look at what's making headlines early in the week. TechCrunch is tracking 01.AI in China, which is now a unicorn, and we're curious about what Elon Musk’s X.AI service has to offer, how a former Sequoia group is racking up impressive results in India, why OpenSea cut staff and the latest chip firm to get a big check from China's government.

The Equity crew is rounding up the week’s biggest startup and tech news, starting with WeWork's struggle to stay alive before diving into deals from around the world. Mary Ann wanted to chat about Charlie, which is building a neobank for seniors; Alex wanted to talk about an interesting non-profit-ish model to get startups and others access to H100s; Becca brought Almouneer to the table, an interesting health tech play in the Middle East. From there we dug into massive fintech rounds and what to do when founding teams break up.

This week, Alex and Mary Ann were joined by co-founder and managing partner at ALIAVIA Ventures, Marisa Warren. ALIAVIA invests in startups based in the US and Australia that have at least one female founder, and also helps their portfolio companies tackle new markets. Together, we're diving into the current state of venture investment in women, when startups should target their second market and how.

Equity is covering the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. We're looking at a massive earnings week, the Biden administration's executive order regarding AI, Web Summit's new CEO, and why X users now have to avoid getting hit with community notes.

Happy Saturday! We have a special bonus episode for you from our sister pod, Chain Reaction.  Alex joins Jacquelyn Melinek to go over Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial so far before getting into his testimony on Thursday and Friday.

Today on Equity,  Mary Ann and Alex were lucky enough to have Kirsten aboard for the roundup, which means we got to tackle an even wider array of stories than usual. We covered a few deals of the week including news from I Own my Data and AgentSync. The big news we talked about included, Carta's CEO major comms floor where he alerted customers to some bad press by trying to tell them to ignore it, the recent roadblock for Cruise driverless taxis and why Waymo appears to be winning, and a few notes on Alphabet and Microsofts earnings.

This week, Alex talked to Theory Ventures founder Tomasz Tunguz on the show. As long-time readers of his work, having the former Redpoint investor on the show was a no-brainer. They got into Why Tunguz left Redpoint and started his own fund and the thesis that underpins Theory Ventures’ investments and the future of machine learning, why Tunguz is bullish on Ethereum and the value of software, the health of software companies, and why venture math still holds up at lower valuation multiples.

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Today we previewed what earning to keep an eye out for this week, talked about Apple's big spending on generative AI, ad we touched on why it's noteable that Foxconn is under investigation.

Equity is closing out the week with deals from telehealth startup Allara, and Indian space tech company Agnikul. We also took a deeper look at why WeWork is irked by Codi, Plaid's new CFO, and what has VCs bullish about the current AI wave.

This week Gené Teare from Crunchbase and Crunchbase News joined the podcast. She's a well-known analyst of the global venture capital market, and was instrumental to Crunchbase's early life and remains one of its more tenured staffers. Gené, Alex and Mary Ann discussed what we should think about the Q3 2023 venture capital market as a whole and which startups are seeing the most - and the least - capital.

Today on Equity, we're looking into stocks around the world, the expense of running a modern social medial company, Creative Force's Series A, Japan's largest IPO in a half-decade, and why Q3 data doesn't look all that bad for web3 gaming companies.

Alex joined Jacquelyn Melinek on Chain Reaction to dive back into the Sam Bankman-Fried trial and what has transpired in its second week. Major witnesses who were involved in the downfall of FTX and its sister company Alameda testified like Gary Wang, CTO and cofounder of FTX, and Caroline Ellison, CEO of Alameda. The two of them plead guilty to a number of charges and could face maximum sentences of 50 to 110 years, respectively. It’s also worth noting Wang and Ellison testified as part of a cooperation agreement for pleading guilty. Jacquelyn and Alex talk about key points from the trial, anecdotes that you can’t read on a transcript and what she anticipates from both the prosecutors and defense going forward.

The Equity crew is parsing through the week's news in startups and venture, starting with an update on the California law that will require venture firms to disclose certain market data concerning whom they invest in. Looking elsewhere in Ventureland, we're talking about ALIAVIA Ventures' new fund, Canopy Servicing's Series A1, a $200 million deal between a private equity group and EVPassport, which startups have flown through turbulence lately and finally, if technology can solve a labor shortage in construction.

This week, Equity had Tony Stubblebine on the show, the CEO of publishing platform Medium.com. Medium has gone through a number of versions over the years, but what has been a steady focus in Medium's life in recent years has been its subscription business. Together, we're digging into the business of the written word, Medium's stance on AI and what its posture says about how the company views the value of writing.

Equity is kicking off the week with an update on global stocks, AI and startup news around the world. Alex is talking through China's move to bolster its national computing and data infrastructure, the Anthropic helping us understand more about LLMs, and raises from Wanda Fish Technologies and Lottie.

The Equity crew is talking about the week’s biggest startup and tech news with help from TC reporter extraordinaire and Found co-host Dominic Madori-Davis. We're keeping you updated on the SBF trial - which quite frankly, has us all riveted - and then diving into deals of the week from Rainforest, At One Ventures, Section 32 and Greylock, where venture funding has declined, and how Fearless Fund is being barred from awarding grants to Black women founders.

SBF's trial has started, and to talk through it, we teamed up TechCrunch's resident crypto reporter and host of the Chain Reaction podcast, Jacquelyn Melinek. We dove deep into the nitty-gritty details, what transpired the first two days of Bankman-Fried’s trial, as well as who the jurors are, the first two witnesses and who else is expected to speak.

Equity's kicking off Q4 2023 with a look at the global stock market, what's ahead for SBF, Amazon and the FTC, and why we're seeing so many seed-stage fintech deals.

This week, Equity has the update on the writer's strike's implications on AI, deals of the week from OpenAI and Arc, YC and the role of accelerators in the startup world, and shifts in the tech labor market as layoffs subside.

This week on Equity, Alex was joined by Nathan Baschez, the CEO and founder of Lex, an AI-infused online writing tool. We're digging into just how many AI-powered tools the market can support, what the generative AI movement could look like in the coming months, how to price an AI-powered service and more.

Equity is back from Disrupt and getting you caught up on stocks around the world, the Cisco-Splunk deal, why everyone loves Anthropic, how Meta is building AI chatbots while Apple is working to build more in India, and Correcto's latest round.

Alex, Kirsten and Becca sat down to recap a very busy (and dare we say successful) TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. We're talking through vc panel highlights, the latest from Cruise, providing early liquidity to founders and employees and why Shaq can do what he wants.

We were live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023! Alex, Kirsten and Becca took the stage with breaking IPO news, how Joby is all-in on the Buckeye state, growth in the Eldertech space and Writer bringing back nine-figure joy.

Before flying out for TechCrunch Disrupt, the Equity crew unpacked the latest from Divvy homes, companies we wish would just go public already (we're looking at you, Databricks and Lime), the quick grocery delivery market and transparency in venture capital.