Equity

Equity

TechCrunch, Rebecca Bellan, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, Sean O'Kane, Theresa Loconsolo

Episodes 762
Avg. Duration 25m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.2 (338)
Since Jan 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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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 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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Andrew Yang on Noble Mobile, UBI, and why he's done waiting for policy to catch up

Jun 10, 2026 29m

Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like…

The 'together tech' wave might be the most intriguing startup bet of 2026

Jun 05, 2026 33m

While the AI fundraising machine keeps breaking its own records, some founders are building in the other direction.  Mirror founder Brynn Putnam just raised money for Board, a startup focused on…

Every defense startup wants to be the next Anduril. Here's what one of its earliest backers is looking for now.

Jun 03, 2026 38m

Defense tech is red hot right now, with a proposed 40% increase to the federal defense budget, Anduril doubling its valuation to $61 billion, and a wave of startups chasing government contracts. But…

Does your CEO have AI psychosis? Aaron Levie thinks most of them do.

May 29, 2026 38m

The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example…

Your SEO strategy is optimized for a search engine that no longer exists.

May 27, 2026 30m

Google I/O made it official: AI-generated answers are now front and center in search, and most brands have almost no visibility into how AI is describing them to their customers. For anyone who has…

Elon Musk can't hear you over the sound of his $1.75 trillion IPO

May 22, 2026 34m

The SpaceX S-1 is finally here, and the story it tells goes way further than rockets. The filing runs to 36 pages of risk factors alone, and the numbers inside match the ambition: a $28…

How Lucra raised $20M as an eSports play when every VC only wants AI

May 20, 2026 32m

Slapping "AI" on your startup’s pitch deck is basically table stakes right now. When a founder raised $20 million from Cathie Wood's ARK Invest for an eSports gamification loyalty startup without…

Well, do you trust Sam Altman?

May 15, 2026 40m

The Musk v. Altman trial came to a close this week, and the final arguments kept circling back to one question: can we trust the people in charge of AI? All of this is playing out as SpaceX charges…

Amazon's Steve Schmidt on why your AI agents are your biggest security risk (Live at HumanX)

May 13, 2026 21m

AI may be changing how companies build, but it's also changing how they get attacked, often by their own tools. Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt has watched threat actors at every skill…

The 'people’s airline,' SpaceXAI, and the Enterprise AI Race

May 08, 2026 32m

Everyone wants a piece of the enterprise AI pie, and this week, we saw a string of companies making their moves. From Anthropic and OpenAI announcing new joint ventures targeting enterprise AI…

Aurora's Chris Urmson on why self-driving trucks are finally ready (Live at HumanX)

May 06, 2026 32m

Self-driving has been "almost here" for over a decade. But somewhere between DARPA challenges and a handful of driverless trucks hauling freight between Dallas and Houston, Aurora co-founder…

Did you know you can't steal a charity? Don't worry. Elon Musk will remind you.

May 01, 2026 39m

Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the witness stand this week in his lawsuit against OpenAI, and it's already getting messy. Emails, texts, and his own tweets are surfacing in court,…

Is AI video just a prequel? Runway's CEO thinks world models are next

Apr 29, 2026 31m

AI-generated video has gone from novelty to creative tool in AI-generated video has gone from novelty to creative tool almost overnight, and Runway has a front-row seat to the shift. The New…

Apple's new CEO, and why Elon Musk wants to buy Cursor for $60B

Apr 24, 2026 37m

A new era is on the way for Apple as Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus.   Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable…

Fusion doesn't have a normal startup timeline, and investors are fine with that

Apr 22, 2026 34m

Fusion energy has been "20 years away" for decades, but has the science finally caught up? Private investment in fusion companies surged from $10 billion to $15 billion in just months, and the money…

Tokenmaxxing, OpenAI's shopping spree, and the AI Anxiety Gap

Apr 17, 2026 38m

The gap between AI insiders and everyone else is widening, and the spending, suspicion, and even new vocabulary are starting to show it. While OpenAI is busy buying up everything from finance…

The musician-turned-biotech-founder waiting to fundraise

Apr 15, 2026 29m

When Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc got COVID despite being vaccinated and boosted, he tried to fund research for a better solution. What he quickly found out? You can't just write a…

Luma AI's Amit Jain on why most world model companies are getting it completely wrong

Apr 10, 2026 21m

LLMs may have kicked off this AI boom, but the ceiling is closer than the hype suggests. As models run out of text data to train on, the companies and investors paying attention are already moving…

Snowflake’s transition from storing data to shipping with it

Apr 08, 2026 27m

Snowflake is betting that the future of AI isn’t just analyzing data, it’s acting on it. That means a shift away from chatbots and toward autonomous agents that can actually get work done. And…

Space: the final frontier of AI infrastructure

Apr 03, 2026 34m

Tech companies are racing to build data centers in space, pitching orbital compute as the next frontier for AI infrastructure, even as the technical and economic realities remain far from clear.…

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