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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Why Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay for co...
28 min
2
From fintech to space tech: Robinhood co-founde...
We're joined by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt to dig into his new startup, Aetherflux, space-based solar power, and why he's betting on the future of energy from orbit.
23 min
3
Big Tech lands an early win in legal battles ag...
34 min
4
How one biotech startup is betting on cows and ...
20 min
5
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.”
40 min
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Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from A...
24 min
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Meta’s big AI bet and our not-so-hot-take on fi...
30 min
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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.
25 min
9
Inside Anthropic's AI Ambitions with Jared Kaplan
28 min
10
CrowdStrike’s former CTO on cyber rivalries and...
28 min
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Elon dips from DOGE, and Silicon Valley enters ...
28 min
12
What founders need to know about tech’s growing...
23 min
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OpenAI goes all in with Jony Ive as Google play...
31 min
14
Serve is betting that food delivery and access ...
29 min
15
$1 Billion a lot of money these days?
22 min
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Unpacking Rippling vs Deel: corporate espionage...
21 min
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Meta's speeding up the "Mad Men to Math Men" pi...
29 min
18
StrictlyVC Download: Why Eric Slesinger, a form...
28 min
19
Damn, the Cluely ragebait got us
27 min
20
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.
23 min
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Big Tech’s antitrust cases are starting to feel...
30 min
22
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.”
26 min
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Is the SPAC back?
27 min
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We've entered an era of Fintech Maximalism acco...
26 min
25
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
31 min