Equity is TechCrunch's weekly podcast focused on all things money when it comes to startups. Massive rounds, notable acquisitions, and interesting IPOs are the fodder for hosts Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley, and Alex Wilhelm. They'll help everyone understand the dollars behind the hype.
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2024-04-19 | It’s been more than a minute since Tesla went public, but the EV company was inescapable on TechCrunch this week. From layoffs to pricing changes and more, it was a week dyed deeply in Tesla colors so we had to chat through the latest.But that was just... |
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2024-04-17 |
An $11B bonanza for space startups, and where is all that a16z money going? What is worth $11 billion and wants to go to Mars to collect rocks? NASA’s mission to Mars to collect rocks that was expected to cost $11 billion and take ages. So, the U.S. space agency is throwing the doors open to get more input, and that means that... |
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2024-04-15 | It’s only Monday morning, but it already feels like Thursday given the sheer amount of news that’s flowing in.We have two critical headlines for you today:OpenAI is planning to open an office in Tokyo and launch a new GPT-4 model for the Japanese langu... |
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2024-04-12 |
Beeper acquired by Automattic, fintech's decline and YC's lack of LatAm founders Today, the Equity crew dug into Automattic buying Beeper for $125 million. Recall that the WordPress parent company bought Texts.com last year for $50 million. Elsewhere in deal-land, Proton bought Standard Notes, and we recently discussed the Wondersc... |
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2024-04-10 |
A $60M venture fund with a twist, and more startup-on-startup acquisitions Today on Equity’s startup-focused Wednesday show, we dug into the Multiverse-Searchlight deal that reminded us of the Wonderschool-Early Day transaction that we covered on the show a few weeks back.We also dug into the latest Guesty round, which was bo... |
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2024-04-08 |
Spotify’s new AI playlists, the US’s latest chip deal, and a shot at data privacy Now that we are finally past Y Combinator’s demo day — though our Friday show is worth listening if you haven’t had a chance yet — we can dive into the latest news. So, this morning on Equity Monday we got into the chance that the United States might p... |
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2024-04-06 | The AI boom, love it or find it to be a bit more hype than substance, is here to stay. That means lots of companies are raising oodles of dollars, a healthy dose of regulatory concern, academic work, and corporate jockeying. For startups, it means a hu... |
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2024-04-05 | What a week, everyone. Two full days of Y Combinator demo day activity kept us busy, but the latest accelerator cohort’s launch was far from the only big story in startup-land. Today on the Equity’s Friday news roundup, Mary Ann, Becca, and Alex gather... |
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2024-04-03 |
Nvidia might be clouding the funding climate for AI chip startups, but Hailo is still fighting This is our Wednesday show, when we take a moment to dig into a raft of startup and venture capital news. No big tech here!Keep in mind that Y Combinator's demo day kicks off today, so we're going to be snowed-under in startup news the rest of the week... |
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2024-04-01 |
Ads on Discord, AT&T passcode resets, and podcast changes for Android users Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Monday show, where we dig into the weekend and take a peek at the week that is to come. We’ll talk mor... |
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