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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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.
38 min
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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.
30 min
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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.
33 min
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How Lucra raised $20M as an eSports play when e...
30 min
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Well, do you trust Sam Altman?
38 min
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Amazon's Steve Schmidt on why your AI agents ar...
19 min
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The 'people’s airline,' SpaceXAI, and the Enter...
31 min
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Aurora's Chris Urmson on why self-driving truck...
We're bringing you a conversation Rebecca Bellan had with Aurora co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson at the HumanX conference in San Francisco. The pair dug into the long road from lab to highway and how physical AI differs from the LLM boom everyone else is chasing.
31 min
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Did you know you can't steal a charity? Don't w...
Today on Equity, Kirsten and Sean break down what's actually at stake in the Musk v Altman case, plus deals, defense tech, and what Big Tech's earnings week revealed about the limits of the AI spending era.
37 min
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Is AI video just a prequel? Runway's CEO thinks...
On this episode of Equity, Runway co-founder and CEO Cristobal Valenzuela to talk about where video generation goes from here, and why Runway's ambitions now reach well beyond Hollywood.
30 min
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Apple's new CEO, and why Elon Musk wants to buy...
36 min
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Fusion doesn't have a normal startup timeline, ...
32 min
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Tokenmaxxing, OpenAI's shopping spree, and the ...
Today on Equity, we dig into Allbird's AI pivot, what's actually being built in AI infrastructure, who's winning the enterprise battle between OpenAI and Anthropic, and more of the week's headlines.
37 min
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The musician-turned-biotech-founder waiting to ...
Aloe Blacc sits down with TechCrunch’s Equity Podcast to talk about his transition from music to biotech, why he’s building a cancer drug company, and why he’s choosing not to fundraise yet.
27 min
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Luma AI's Amit Jain on why most world model com...
20 min
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Snowflake’s transition from storing data to shi...
25 min
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Space: the final frontier of AI infrastructure
32 min
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Why private wealth is cutting out the VC middleman
30 min
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VCs are betting billions on AI's next wave, so ...
35 min
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ReelShort made $1.2 billion on werewolf romance...
On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan and TechCrunch senior reporter Amanda Silberling sit down with Henry Soong, founder of Watch Club, who thinks the micro drama industry is still "in its MySpace era." He has a vision for what the Facebook moment could look like.
35 min
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Nvidia has an OpenClaw strategy. Do you?
Equity breaks down Nvidia's GTC keynote from $1 trillion in AI chip sales to an OpenClaw strategy for enterprises, and a rambling Olaf robot that had to get its mic cut. Plus Travis Kalanick's complicated comeback and Uber's $1.25B bet on Rivian.
36 min
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The PhD students who became the judges of the A...
On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan catches up with Arena co-founders Anastasios Angelopoulos and Wei-Lin Chiang to determine how a team like theirs can build a neutral benchmark when the companies they’re ranking are also their backers.
24 min
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Wiz's first investor breaks down Google's $32B ...
Today on Equity, Index Ventures' Shardul Shah joins to break down the largest venture-backed acquisition in history. The crew also looks into a DOGE data breach, the growing battle between Anthropic and the Trump administration, and more deals of the week.
39 min
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How Poppi went from a Shark Tank pitch to a $1....
Allison Ellsworth joins Equity to talk about her journey from creating Poppi in her kitchen to selling it to PepsiCo for nearly $2 billion. She discusses the importance of authenticity, digital-first marketing, strategic exits, and navigating the competitive beverage industry.
26 min
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Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, the SaaSpocalypse, ...
33 min