Equity
The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital. Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time chart and No.32 for the Top 100 Business News All time chart.
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Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and why S...
On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Anthony Ha talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore about her upcoming book and why she thinks today's AI leaders — who promise a future where AI makes government more efficient, more responsive, and maybe even unnecessary — are selling an old fantasy in new packaging.
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Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led v...
On this episode of Equity, Lightspeed Venture Partners' Claire Zau and Josh Machiz join Dominic-Madori Davis to unpack whether the "creator-investor" is becoming a real function in venture capital or just a trend firms are still figuring out.
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AI labs want to pump the brakes, but Amazon and...
Equity breaks down Sam Altman's call to slow down AI, why Anthropic signed on too, and the week's biggest tech deals from Amazon's satellite bid to DoorDash's drone push.
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‘If this isn't addiction, I don't know what is’...
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‘AI communism’, rogue models, and the why Kimi ...
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Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says the lesson for...
On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Julie Bort talks with Menlo Ventures' Matt Murphy about backing Anthropic before anyone else would, why a great model was never the point, and what's driving the fastest-growing startups he's ever seen.
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Apple's lawsuit couldn't come at a worse time f...
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Inside Ode with Anthropic, the private equity-b...
Can a handful of engineers really do the work of an army of consultants? That’s the bet behind Ode with Anthropic — the joint venture dedicated to embedding forward-deployed engineers in enterprise firms, backed by Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs and others.
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Open source AI matters more than ever, accordin...
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue joins Equity to talk about why the open vs closed source fight matters in the wake of Anthropic’s halted Fable release, and why he's worried about the possibility that a handful of big companies could end up controlling everything.
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Your gaming data could be the secret to AGI, ac...
General Intuition CEO Pim de Witte joins Equity to dig into why world models trained on gaming data might be the next big leap in physical AI, how the company spun out of gaming platform Medal TV, and where the ethical red lines are when your models could end up being used for defense applications.
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Best of Build Mode: Think like a VC
Equity is sending you off into the 4th of July weekend with a special episode of our sister podcast, Build Mode, revisiting some of the best fundraising and startup advice from the investors featured in last season.
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Humble Robotics’ CEO says the tech finally caug...
Humble Robotics founder and CEO Eyal Cohen joins Kirsten to talk about AV déjà vu and what he's learned from 15 years of building startups across electrification, solar, and robotics.
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OpenAI's Jalapeño chip is Big Tech's spiciest m...
This week, Equity digs into what the custom chip trend means for the industry, AI 'loops,' and a few deals of the week worth watching, including one humanoid robotics company getting ready to test the public markets.
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What if the AI giants are building the roads, n...
In this episode, TechCrunch Editor in Chief Connie Loizos talks with Goodwater Capital co-founder Chi-Hua Chien, whose career spans some of Silicon Valley’s biggest technology shifts, from helping source Accel’s investment in Facebook as a young associate to backing a new generation of consumer and AI startups.
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The US banned Anthropic's Fable 5 release, but ...
Today on Equity, we unpack what the ban means for developers building on Anthropic's platform and for anyone watching the IPO, why it might accidentally be good for the company, and more of the week’s headlines.
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NEA's Tiffany Luck on AI IPOs, personal agents,...
NEA partner Tiffany Luck joins Equity to talk about the future of personal agents, her thoughts on this year's AI IPOs, and how startups are stepping in to help enterprises track return on AI spend.
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The SpaceX IPO has finally arrived
On this special bonus episode, TechCrunch reporters break down the $2 trillion SpaceX valuation, Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire, and what it all means for Anthropic and OpenAI still waiting in the wings.
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It’s hot IPO summer, and the MANGOS are ripe
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Andrew Yang on Noble Mobile, UBI, and why he's ...
Andrew Yang joins Equity to talk about his startup Noble Mobile, which pays you to use your phone less, ways to combat the “attention economy,” and what startups can do when the government won't move.
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The 'together tech' wave might be the most intr...
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Every defense startup wants to be the next Andu...
Ross Fubini wrote Anduril's first check. Now he joins Equity to explain how he's watching a wave of defense tech startups chase the same dream, and why most won't survive the valley of death between prototype and production.
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Does your CEO have AI psychosis? Aaron Levie th...
Today on Equity, we're talking about what Box founder Aaron Levie called "AI psychosis," what happens when the AI-pilled and the AI-skeptical are both right at the same time, plus three deals worth knowing about and Waymo's new robotaxi hitting the road.
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Your SEO strategy is optimized for a search eng...
On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan caught up with Matt Thompson, VP of partnerships at Scrunch, a startup positioning itself at the center of the AI search shift, to talk about what Google’s changes mean and marketers and founders should actually do about it.
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Elon Musk can't hear you over the sound of his ...
The SpaceX S-1 is finally here, and the Equity podcast crew digs into what the filing actually says, what it leaves out, and whether any of this math connects to reality.
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How Lucra raised $20M as an eSports play when e...
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