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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How one biotech startup is betting on cows and ...
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Could OpenAI fill Microsoft’s shoes?
Today on Equity, Max and Anthony dig into the week's news, including how the OpenAI/DoD deal reflects Silicon Valley’s increasingly cozy relationship with the military and why industry leaders are calling for an AI “arms race.”
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Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from A...
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Meta’s big AI bet and our not-so-hot-take on fi...
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Fiverr’s CEO on why AI is coming for everyone
Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman joins Equity to discuss how AI is transforming work. From freelancers to full-time employees, the pressure to adapt is real. Kaufman warns that AI is raising the baseline, and only those who evolve quickly will thrive in the new job market.
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Inside Anthropic's AI Ambitions with Jared Kaplan
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CrowdStrike’s former CTO on cyber rivalries and...
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Elon dips from DOGE, and Silicon Valley enters ...
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What founders need to know about tech’s growing...
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OpenAI goes all in with Jony Ive as Google play...
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Serve is betting that food delivery and access ...
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$1 Billion a lot of money these days?
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Unpacking Rippling vs Deel: corporate espionage...
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Meta's speeding up the "Mad Men to Math Men" pi...
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StrictlyVC Download: Why Eric Slesinger, a form...
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Damn, the Cluely ragebait got us
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The rise of retail investors in secondaries, an...
oday on Equity, Rebecca Bellan is joined by Jared Carmel of Manhattan Venture Partners to dig into what he calls a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” in secondaries, and why he sees this market as a “pressure relief valve” that could keep startups private well past their startup years.
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Big Tech’s antitrust cases are starting to feel...
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How to survive and thrive as tariffs, AI, and p...
Today on Equity, Rebecca Bellan sat down with Hence AI co-founder Sean West, who recently published the book Unruly: Fighting Back When Politics, AI, and Law Upend the Rules of Business, to dig into how companies should respond to rising geopolitical risk, the macro cost of keeping your head down, and why AI-powered tools like Hence Global, built on Palantir’s Foundry platform, are quietly redefining what it means to be “advised.”
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Is the SPAC back?
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We've entered an era of Fintech Maximalism acco...
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Meta's Llama drama and how Trump's tariffs coul...
Today on Equity, we're unpacking Meta’s rocky rollout, Trump’s latest tariff push, Colossal Biosciences’ Dire Wolf discovery, and the secretive EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos
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Why prediction markets are going mainstream wit...
On this episode of Equity, Max Zeff sits down with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour at the latest StrictlyVC event in San Francisco. The pair dig into how Kalshi is revolutionizing the prediction market by creating a new trading economy around political, sports, and cultural events, while navigating legal challenges and aiming to become a global tool for decision-making and transparency.
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Spy games in HR tech: Inside Rippling’s wild la...
This week on Equity, we're breaking down the escalating HR tech rivalry between Rippling and Deel, the latest in the AI race, Circle's IPO, and a startup gamifying tax filing — plus the ongoing copyright debate.
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Startup Battlefield winner Salva Health is chan...
Today on Equity, Startup Battlefield winner Valentina Agudelo shares how Salva Health is changing the game in breast cancer detection with an affordable device and a unique hardware-as-a-service model that's making a real difference in rural healthcare.
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