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    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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    Could OpenAI fill Microsoft’s shoes? Jun 20, 2025
    Show notes

    OpenAI recently announced a $200 million deal with the U.S. Department of Defense, which has us wondering: Could this further strain the company’s relationship with its biggest backer, Microsoft?

    After all, there have been numerous reports about growing tensions between the two companies, particularly as they become more competitive over enterprise deals.

    Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Anthony Ha and Max Zeff discuss 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.”

    Listen to the full episode to hear more highlights from the week, including:

    • Whether it’s a good thing that Vice President JD Vance joined Bluesky (and was briefly suspended)

    • What it means that Wix acquired a six-month-old “vibe coding” startup for $80 million (and why Anthony hates the phrase “vibe coding”)

    • A panel in which investor Ali Partovi and Cognition President Russell Kaplan discuss what technical talent means in the age of AI

    Equity will be back next week, so stay tuned!

    Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.

    Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.

    Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.


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    Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from AI startups Jun 19, 2025
    Show notes

    AI investments hit $110 billion in 2024, and the funding landscape in 2025 is more competitive than ever. For early-stage startups, that means more money in the market but also more pressure to stand out.

    At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, Rebecca Bellan sat down with three experienced investors: Jill Chase, Partner at CapitalG; Kanu Gulati, Partner at Khosla Ventures; and Sara Ittelson, Partner at Accel. They broke down what they are really looking for when evaluating AI startups from seed through Series C. Their message to founders? Forget the perfect pitch. Focus on building trust, surviving the hype cycle, and being ready for copycats the moment you find product-market fit.

    Listen to the full episode of Equity to hear about:

    • Why VCs say founders are over-indexing on pitch decks instead of relationships

    • What it takes to go up against big incumbents without getting crushed

    • Why consumer focus (and speed) still win, even in B2B AI

    • How agents and automation are already reshaping the startup playbook

    Equity will be back Friday with our weekly news roundup, so stay tuned.

    Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.

    Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here.

    Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.


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    Meta’s big AI bet and our not-so-hot-take on fintech IPOs Jun 13, 2025
    Show notes

    Meta just made a $14.3 billion bet on data-labeling company Scale AI, but it’s not a traditional takeover: Meta’s taking a 49% stake in the company and adding Scale’s co-founder Alexandr Wang to its team.

    Today on Equity, we break down what this means for Meta’s AI ambitions and revisit Wang’s early AI predictions.

    Listen to the full episode to hear more highlights from the week, including:

    • How Chime’s IPO priced above expectations at $27 per share and jumped in early trading, and Anthony’s not-so-hot takes on what this signals for the tech IPO market

    • Why Y Combinator’s Demo Day was packed with “agentic” AI startups building autonomous software, and how a recent chat with Fiverr’s CEO sheds light on AI-driven task automation in the gig economy

    • How Jony Ive’s LoveFrom spent 18 months quietly collaborating with Rivian on their first electric bike, a spinout product confirmed to have a bike-like form factor

    Equity will be back next week, so stay tuned!

    Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.

    Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.


    Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.


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    Fiverr’s CEO on why AI is coming for everyone Jun 11, 2025
    Show notes

    Generative AI is reshaping the way people work, from full-time employees to freelancers. As coding copilots, design assistants, and AI-powered writing tools become more capable and accessible, creative and technical roles are starting to shift – if not become eliminated entirely. The pressure to adapt is growing across the board.

    Micha Kaufman, CEO of Fiverr, isn’t sugarcoating it. In a recent open letter to staff, he warned that AI is coming for everyone’s jobs, and the only way to stay relevant is to embrace AI tools and automation. Get better, get faster, or get left behind.

    Kaufman joined Rebecca Bellan on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast to help unpack what all of this means for the future of work – be it freelance or employed – and what you can do to survive.

    Listen to the full episode to hear about:

    • How Fiverr plans to stay relevant as a human-powered marketplace in an AI-driven world

    • Why Kaufman believes AI will raise the bar for everyone, but top talent can still stand out and earn more

    • What new grads and early-career professionals are up against in today’s tough job market

    Equity will be back Friday with our weekly news roundup, so stay tuned.

    Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.

    Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here.

    Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.


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    Inside Anthropic's AI Ambitions with Jared Kaplan Jun 06, 2025
    Show notes

    Instead of our usual Friday news rundown, we’re bringing you a conversation from this week’s TC Sessions: AI event out in San Francisco. Our friend and co-host Max Zeff sat down with Jared Kaplan, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at Anthropic.

    If you’ve been following Anthropic, you’ll know it’s been a busy year for the AI startup. Back in March, the company announced it raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion valuation in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Since then, it’s launched a blog for its Claude models and, according to Bloomberg reporting, partnered with Apple to power a new “vibe-coding” software platform.

    Listen to the full conversation to hear more about:

    • ⁠Who has direct access to Claude’s AI models⁠, Windsurf’s response, and how it all ties into Anthropic’s broader goals around openness, safety, and sustainability.

    • The company’s pivot away from chatbots and toward agentic AI systems that can perform real tasks.

    • How internal tools like Claude Code are shaping the future of AI-powered development.

    • What it means to build AI that enterprises can actually trust, and how that affects the way humans interact with software, work, and each other.

    Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to us on⁠ Apple Podcasts⁠,⁠ Overcast⁠,⁠ Spotify⁠ and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on⁠ X⁠ and⁠ Threads⁠, at @EquityPod.

    Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.

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    CrowdStrike’s former CTO on cyber rivalries and how automation can undermine security for early-stage startups Jun 04, 2025
    Show notes

    Today on Equity, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Crowdstrike co-founder and former CTO, Dmitri Alperovitch, to talk about the evolving cybersecurity landscape, the role of startups, and why he says we’re living in a World on the Brink.

    Listen to the full episode to hear about:

    • What early-stage secure-by-design startup founders are missing when it comes to maintaining security while building quickly and crisis management.

    • How AI export controls and global rivalries are reshaping innovation.

    • What investors are really looking for when backing cybersecurity startups today.

    Equity will be back Friday with a behind-the-scenes look at TC Sessions: AI, so don’t miss it!

    Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.

    Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here.

    Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.

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    Elon dips from DOGE, and Silicon Valley enters the 'find out' stage May 30, 2025
    Show notes

    Elon Musk has officially announced he’s stepping down as a U.S. special government employee and the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE. The move follows Musk’s cooling relationship with the Trump administration and slumping Tesla sales tied to his political advocacy.

    Today on Equity, Kirsten, Max and Anthony unpack who else is departing DOGE, and why Silicon Valley’s relationship with politics is entering, as Kirsten put it, the “find out” stage.

    Listen to the full episode for more of the week’s tech headlines including:

    • GameStop bought $500 million of bitcoin, and the move is giving us 2021 déjà vu

    • Neuralink’s $600 million raise, valuing Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface startup at $9 billion

    • The New York Times and Amazon’s landmark AI licensing deal and what it signals for how editorial content powers generative AI

    • Nvidia’s tale of two earnings, and why the forecast is not as bleak as CEO Jensen Huang makes it seem

    Equity will be back next week, so don’t miss it!

    Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.

    Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here.

    Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.


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    What founders need to know about tech’s growing influence in D.C. May 28, 2025
    Show notes

    Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan caught up with Daniel Weiner, director of the Brennan Center’s Elections and Government Program, to break down what this means for startups, innovation, and democracy.

    Listen to the full episode to hear more about:

    • How SpaceX, Palantir, and Anduril leveraged insider networks to win major defense deals.

    • Changing ethics safeguards, and why that matters for founders entering government spaces.

    • What this all means for fair competition and startups trying to break in.

    Equity will be back Friday with our weekly news round-up. Don’t miss it!

    Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.

    Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here.

    Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.


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    OpenAI goes all in with Jony Ive as Google plays AI catchup May 23, 2025
    Show notes

    OpenAI just made its biggest acquisition yet, scooping up Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s secretive device startup, io, in a $6.5 billion all-equity deal. Ive, the legendary designer behind the iPhone and other iconic Apple products, will now lead creative and design work at OpenAI through his firm LoveFrom. The goal? To take AI “beyond the screen” and build a new generation of AI-powered consumer devices.

    Beyond the tech, there’s a clear narrative play here. OpenAI is framing Altman as the Jobs-esque visionary and Ive as the design genius who makes it all real. Social media had a field day with the staged buddy shots of the duo, but the messaging is hard to miss: Take the iPhone launch, and make it AI.

    Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha unpack the deal, dive into AI wearables, and discuss more of this week’s tech headlines.

    Listen to the full episode to hear about:

    • Max’s inside scoop from Google I/O: the return of Google Glass and developers’ reactions to Google’s AI-powered search upgrades

    • Luminar drama from layoffs to CEO step downs and the lidar startup’s potential $200 million fundraising effort

    • 23andMe’s second life, and what the company’s new buyer plans to do with users’ DNA data

    Equity will be back next week, so don’t miss it!

    Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.

    Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here.

    Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.


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    Serve is betting that food delivery and access to public markets are the keys to scaling robotics May 21, 2025
    Show notes

    Today on Equity, Rebecca Bellan caught up with Ali Kashani, co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics, to unpack how Serve is navigating public markets, scaling real-world robotics, and building what it hopes is the future of last-mile delivery.

    Listen to the full episode to hear more about:

    • How Serve went from a lidar-focused startup to a publicly traded company via reverse merger in 2023

    • What it takes to scale a delivery fleet across cities like L.A., Miami, and Dallas

    • Why Kashani says Serve’s sidewalk bots collect four times more visual data per day than GPT-4’s vision model

    • How ground robots and drones might work together to finally crack last-mile logistics

    Equity will be back Friday with our weekly news round-up, and special Google I/O coverage from Max. Don’t miss it!

    Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.

    Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here.

    Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.


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