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The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity unpacks the numbers and nuance behind the headlines for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters Alex Wilhelm and Mary Ann Azevedo 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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LinkedIn wants a piece of Wordle’s success
Here’s what we got into this morning:
Apple may tap Google for AI: Sure, Apple is working on its own AI tech, but Google’s Gemini model could be headed for an iPhone near you. Bloomberg broke the news.
Grok goes open source: As promised, xAI’s LLM Grok is out for people to play with. Most importantly, startup founders seem excited.
Reddit’s IPO makes progress: Oversubscription is always a good signal, but is also no promise of IPO riches to come.
Gumroad says ‘no thanks’ to NSFW content: Another year, another platform booting adult creators. It’s a tale as old as time!
Gaming is coming to LinkedIn: Look I don’t know what to tell you other than that all platforms eventually become one. -
How to avoid all the IPO work without annoying investors
It's Equity Friday! Today our beloved Mary Ann was off on well-deserved break, so our friend and fellow-podcaster Rebecca Szkutak was kind enough to bring her insight and humor to the podcast. We got into the progress being made on the possible TikTok ban, audio-focused AI-startups, why so many late-stage startups are seemingly avoiding the IPO.
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Startups are hiring fewer workers and paying out less in equity comp
Equity is back with your mid-week startup check-in! We have new data from Carta on how startup compensation is changing, raises from Empathy & Bear Robotics, and more from Bluesky, Brave, and Chamath Palihapitiya’s VC Firm.
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Musk’s Grok goes open-source and Reddit updates its IPO filing
Today on Equity, we're kicking off another week with a look at Reddit's new IPO filing, the potential impact of Grok being open sourced, and why Bobby Kotick wants to buy TikTok.
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How many startups shut down last year compared to the year before? A lot.
This week, Mary Ann interviewed Roger Lee, an entrepreneur who’s spent the better part of a decade building tools for employees and employers alike. Lee is an angel investor as well the creator of Layoffs.FYI and co-founder of Comprehensive and Human Interest.
Roger joined us on the show last year in the wake of 2022’s tech layoffs, but this week we’re focusing on the business of shutting down and why investors are lining up to back startups in the space, including Roger. -
What's the Deel with Remofirst, and why are VCs playing musical chairs?
Today on Equity, Alex and Mary Ann are highlighting deals of the week including Mews' massive new round and how a South Korean startup aims to take on Carta. Also this week, Deel is snapping up more companies while Remofirst takes steps to become more competitive, and VCs are exploring other avenues.
Customer Reviews
Solid podcast
Good crew, I actually LOL at Alex’s jokes on occasion. Generally informative content that has a good level of detail on actual numbers / datapoints. Worth listening for people in the startup world.
As others have noted, the virtue-signaling gets quite annoying at times. I don’t mind the occasional opinion and I often agree, but it gets pretty cringey at times.
Great podcast - I listen weekly
Great info and depth of topics. Also love the interaction between the hosts.
Great show!
Been listening to the show for years and I always found each episode very rich in content and interesting.