It’s going to be a big week! Tech earnings are coming up, the EV wars are on (and how!), and it feels like venture capital has its head […]
Notable Capital’s Hans Tung on the state of VC and the upside to down rounds
To some investors, “down round” is a dirty phrase, but not to Notable Capital’s Hans Tung. Hans is a managing partner at Notable Capital, formerly GGV Capital, a […]
Tesla’s newsy week, and is fintech having a moment?
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 […]
Andreessen Horowitz’s $7.2B new funds for a ‘new era’
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 […]
OpenAI plans new Tokyo office, Tesla lays offs thousands
Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast and airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You can subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and all the casts. You also can follow […]
Beeper acquired by Automattic, fintech’s decline and YC’s lack of LatAm founders
When it comes to news items that we love at TechCrunch, IPOs rank pretty darn high. Another great newsy bit that comes along less frequently than we’d like […]
A $60M venture fund with a twist, and more startup-on-startup acquisitions
Ah, spring has sprung here in the Northeast United States, and it’s not only flowers that are blooming. No, startup-on-startup deals are the crop this season! Today on […]
Could Congress actually pass a data privacy law?
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 […]
What we’ve learned from the women behind the AI revolution
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 raising oodles of […]
From YC to IPO: Winter 2024 Demo Day, Rubrik and Ibotta
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 […]