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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Building on open source AI? Hugging Face’s poli...
Hugging Face's Irene Solaiman joins Equity to explain what startups need to know when building on open AI models, and how to evaluate the tools around them and keep the open ecosystem secure.
36 min
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Anthropic’s S-1 is here. Does AI pay off?
Anthropic’s S-1 is here, and Equity is breaking down what the numbers reveal about the business behind the AI boom, why some tech leaders are struggling to understand everyday users, and more deals of the week.
34 min
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The 'Vulnpocalypse' is coming for the internet’...
30 min
4
The PHP Armageddon reminds us that the internet...
35 min
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Meta and Instinct are racing to build your AI a...
Replika’s founder built an AI assistant that lives in your group chats. On Equity, Eugenia Kuyda on why personal AI agents shouldn’t be a solo act, and how Wabi plans to compete with Meta, OpenAI and Instinct.
28 min
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Physical AI is more than robots, says the Nvidi...
Techable VC founder and former Nvidia exec Amulya Vishwanath tells Equity why robotics’ ChatGPT moment can wait, and why the real opportunity is rebuilding its basic building blocks.
30 min
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Who’s the sheriff in AI’s wild west? (Equity Li...
The Equity crew was live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane took over the Builders Stage Tuesday morning to tackle a growing challenge for the AI industry: what happens when AI agents go off-script, and who’s responsible for keeping them in check?
27 min
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Amazon drops data center NDAs, and AI agents wa...
Amazon is backing off NDAs for data center deals, showing that communities can still make some noise in the AI infrastructure boom. Equity looks at the shift, plus the race to make personal AI agents useful, and more deals of the week.
35 min
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After selling to P&G and Lululemon, these found...
After selling companies to P&G and Lululemon, Tristan Walker and Brynn Putnam are building leathercraft schools and a shared gaming console. They joined the latest StrictlyVC event in New York to talk about why AI could make human connection more valuable.
25 min
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Call it AI, call it Super Intelligence, only 2%...
Equity digs into how the White House's new AI safety pledge and "super intelligence" rebrand will (or won’t) change the industry, a cooling IPO market, and deals in maritime tech, supply chains, and space insurance.
36 min
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A Neko Health investor on the $700M bet to scan...
30 min
12
Meta’s Muse just stole the spotlight from OpenA...
Equity breaks down a wild model-drop week from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta, complete with Meta's Tamagotchi-style AI device. We also get into Andreessen Horowitz's new founder school, Oura's IPO, and Ema's $77 million raise.
33 min
13
What’s next for cybersecurity, according to Ind...
Index Ventures' Shardul Shah joins Equity to break down why AI-powered attacks are forcing a rebuild of cybersecurity, and why investors are writing nine-figure checks to bet on it.
31 min
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Automattic's 33-Hour coup, and can AI labs poli...
A week after an Anthropic researcher's doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company's CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O'Kane dig into whether companies can agree on what slowing down means and who gets to police it. Plus, WordPress parent Automattic's boardroom coup, and a couple of the week's biggest deals.
34 min
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Why Thrive, Founders Fund, and Antonio Gracias ...
Fortell co-founder and CEO Matthew de Jonge joins Equity to dig into how the startup raised $163 million to take on a hearing aid market dominated by five companies, and why investors think AI can change it.
27 min
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An ex-Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning c...
38 min
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ControlAI's Connor Leahy on why superintelligen...
As AI companies race toward superintelligence, governments are starting to push back. ControlAI's Connor Leahy joins Equity to make the case for regulation and explain what's changing.
41 min
18
Apple's Ternus era begins as Nvidia bets on the...
The Tim Cook Era has come to an end. The Equity podcast crew asks what John Ternus inherits at Apple as Nvidia expands beyond chips, robotaxis heat up, and VCs pour money into the next wave of AI hardware.
37 min
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We're ‘dangerously close’ to dead internet theo...
24 min
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Will TikTok and YouTube follow Meta’s new rules...
32 min
21
From the Spotify Mafia to the Lovable Mafia: in...
Cherry Ventures partner Sophia Bendz joins Equity to dig into Sweden’s startup boom, from Lovable and Legora to founder networks, U.S. capital, and the forces shaping the Nordic tech ecosystem.
29 min
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The DOJ is investigating a16z. What does this m...
Equity digs into the DOJ's antitrust probe of Andreessen Horowitz, what happens to AI startups that aren't Anthropic, OpenAI, or Nvidia, and more deals of the week.
39 min
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AI has a GPU pricing problem. Silicon Data want...
Rebecca Bellan is joined by Steve Hou, head of research at Silicon Data, to discuss the health of the AI buildout, and why the data is telling a different story than the doom and gloom headlines about depreciating chips and stalled data centers.
31 min
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Meta's 'open' AI, data centers' hidden costs, a...
Equity unpacks Meta’s Glimmer release and “AI for everyone” vision, the rising costs of AI data centers, Joby’s defense push, and a $250M acquisition that collapsed into allegations of fraud.
33 min
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Why Sandbar thinks it’s voice-enabled ring can ...
Sandbar CEO Mina Fahmi joins Equity to discuss the future of AI wearables, why their ring, Stream, is betting on voice and push-to-talk, and what other AI hardware companies got wrong.
29 min