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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 bus...
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AI goes enterprise, AltStore raises $6M, and Tesla's FSD investigation
AI companies are making their much-anticipated enterprise plays, but the results are wildly inconsistent. Just this week, Deloitte announced it's roll...
Why the new H-1B policy helps outsourcers, not startups
The Trump administration recently announced a massive change to the H-1B visa program, raising the application fee from $2,000-$5,000 to $100,000 per...
AI slop, government stops, and startup uncertainty
The U.S. government shutdown that began this week is the first in seven years. While it might not feel immediately disruptive, for startups waiting on...
California just drew the blueprint for AI safety regulation with SB 53
California just made history as the first state to require AI safety transparency from the biggest labs in the industry. Governor Newsom signed SB 53...
From $100B OpenAI deals to $100K visa fees
From $100 billion OpenAI commitments to $100,000 visa fees, this week showed just how much the tech landscape is shifting. On the latest episode of Eq...
How Chipiron's rethinking the future of MRI
Medical device funding is hitting levels we haven't seen since 2021, with investors pouring billions into diagnostics and imaging companies. But while...
Live demo fails, AI safety wins, and the Golden Age of Robotics
This week on Equity, Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, and Max Zeff unpack the biggest moves in AI, robotics, and regulation. Listen to the full episode to...
Why European founders are winning (and it’s not about working less)
Europe's startup scene is having a moment, with European unicorns multiplying and American VCs setting up shop across the pond. But while European fun...
Mercor has its moment in the AI data race
Leading AI labs like OpenAI and Google DeepMind cut ties with Scale AI after Meta invested $14 billion in the data vendor and hired its CEO. But AI la...
Vibe coding? Meet vibe security
As AI evolves at breakneck speed, attackers are evolving right alongside it. Vibe coding, AI agents, and prompt-based attacks are opening enterprises...
Atlassian’s $610M bet, and why everyone’s fighting over your browser
Google just dodged a Chrome breakup bullet, but the biggest twist? The federal judge bought the idea that AI rivals could keep the tech giant in check...
Karen Hao on the making of a $90B AI empire
Karen Hao, the bestselling author of "Empire of AI," has watched OpenAI go from a nonprofit “laughingstock” into a $90 billion powerhouse chasing arti...
Trillion with a ‘T’? That’s a lot of dollars, Nvidia.
Nvidia reported another massive quarter this week with $46.7 billion in revenue, a 56% year-over-year increase driven almost entirely by AI demand. Bu...
Mark Cuban’s disruption formula: from streaming and healthcare to AI’s next wave
Steve Jobs once said, “Everything’s a remix.” And that’s a philosophy that Mark Cuban has taken to heart, building an entire entrepreneurial and inves...
Beanie Babies for the brainrot era
On today’s episode of the Equity podcast, your hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha try to understand why Labubu has become so popular and...
Why SecurityPal is choosing 'nuanced capital' over more VC rounds
During the SaaS crash of 2022, SecurityPal founder Pukar Hamal was just 14 months from running out of money. Rather than raise another round, he chose...
Perplexity’s bid for Google Chrome could be just the beginning
Perplexity, the AI search startup that hasn't even cracked 100 million monthly users, just made a $34.5 billion cash offer to buy Chrome from Google.<...
All Raise CEO says VC’s smartest firms are betting on diverse leadership
Women are making real progress in venture capital, according to a new report from the nonprofit All Raise. The percentage of women and nonbinary partn...
OpenAI just made an offer the government can't refuse
OpenAI is making a serious play for the federal government. The company just announced a deal that gives U.S. agencies access to ChatGPT Enterprise fo...
Figma's IPO success is 'a little bit of a meme stock,' says Sapphire Ventures' Jai Das
Figma managed something rare in today's market: it stayed independent, survived a failed Adobe acquisition, and went public on its own terms. But its...
From Meta’s massive offers to Anthropic’s massive valuation, does AI have a ceiling?
Meta is still going all-in on the AI talent war, with Mark Zuckerberg reportedly reaching out to top recruits himself, throwing around jaw-dropping co...
Who really benefits from the AI boom?
If you've been hearing about Trump's AI Action Plan and wondering who it actually benefits, you're not alone.
On today's episode of Equit...
Should Silicon Valley celebrate Trump's AI plans?
The big AI companies seem to be in a celebratory mood after President Donald Trump unveiled his AI Action Plan — not surprising, perhaps, since the pl...
AI’s talent arms race is starting to look like pro sports
AI is entering a new phase where access to top talent is becoming as important as, if not more important than, compute or data. The market for AI rese...
OpenAI, Thinking Machines Lab, and the built-in chaos of a $2B seed round
OpenAI’s former chief technology officer, Mira Murati, just raised one of the largest seed rounds in history. Murati secured $2 billion in that seed r...
Hugging Face’s co-founder on bringing open-source AI to life with cute robots
Hugging Face’s new AI robot, the Reachy Mini, has already racked up $1 million in sales just five days after launch. But the company isn’t trying to b...
Why Hugging Face's new robot is the Seinfeld of AI devices
Hugging Face just launched Reachy Mini, an open source AI robot with big googly eyes and not much utility, and that’s kind of the charm. On this episo...
Is SaaS on its way out? The future belongs to agents, according to Narada AI's CEO
“SaaS is going away,” says Dave Park, co-founder and CEO of Narada AI. The company is betting on a future where AI agents, not humans, navigate enterp...
Why Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay for content
Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay up. The cloud infrastructure provider is launching a new experiment called Pay per Crawl that would let publisher...
From fintech to space tech: Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt is betting on space solar
As the interest in both space and solar grows, one startup aims to merge the two industries. By tapping into the momentum of the commercial space indu...
Big Tech lands an early win in legal battles against publishers
This week, two major AI companies scored early wins in court, with federal judges siding with Meta and Anthropic in separate lawsuits over how their m...
How one biotech startup is betting on cows and winning over investors
Cow burps are a climate problem, and one startup wants to reprogram them.
Hoofprint Biome is using enzymes to rewire the cow’s microbiome...
Could OpenAI fill Microsoft’s shoes?
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 rel...
Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from AI startups
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 mo...
Meta’s big AI bet and our not-so-hot-take on fintech IPOs
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 an...
Fiverr’s CEO on why AI is coming for everyone
Generative AI is reshaping the way people work, from full-time employees to freelancers. As coding copilots, design assistants, and AI-powered writing...
Inside Anthropic's AI Ambitions with Jared Kaplan
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 an...
CrowdStrike’s former CTO on cyber rivalries and how automation can undermine security for early-stage startups
Today on Equity, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Crowdstrike co-founder and former CTO, Dmitri Alperovitch, to talk about the evolving cybersecurity lan...
Elon dips from DOGE, and Silicon Valley enters the 'find out' stage
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 Effi...
What founders need to know about tech’s growing influence in D.C.
Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan caught up with Daniel Weiner, director of the Brennan Center’s Elections and Government Program,...