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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 an ...
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The goal is to talk about all the reasons why immigrants come to a new country and understand better their integration and fears.
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Today on Equity, Devin Coldeway kicked off our Deals of the Week rundown with Piramidal, a startup which offers a foundational model for analyzing brain scan data that just raised $6 million, as his deal of the week. The premise behind the company is a fascinating one in that its technology aims to help complement the work of nurses and doctors in …
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E151: AI Agents are coming for our jobs and that’s a good thing, Canva's 300% price increase, Pre-IPO stocks +70% in last 6 months alone
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Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 00:18 - AI Agents are coming for our jobs and that’s a good thing 08:59 - Canva's 300% price increase 17:04 - Pre-IPO stocks +70% in last 6 months aloneDi AG Dillon & Co
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E150: CoreWeave's $23B share sale, Revolut’s $45B stablecoin move, Neuralink's vision breakthrough, Alan’s $193M Series F, Lionsgate & AI film production, OpenAI x T-Mobile, Databricks’ $45.5B EU HQ, Canva ...
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Send us a text Subscribe to AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Research at agdillon.com/subscribe; - Wednesday = secondary market valuations, revenue multiples, performance, index fact sheets - Saturdays = pre-IPO news and insights, webinar replays 00:07 | CoreWeave Plans Share Sale at $23B Valuation - AI cloud computing company - Share sale to allow existing…
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This week on Equity, the podcast crew discusses several weird things and at least one cool thing. Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey, and Rebecca Bellan first talked about the least weird thing of the week, how nice it is that Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst has a band that people really like. Then we get weird. First the good weird: a helmet that squee…
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Today on Equity, Kirsten Korosec is joined by J.P. Morgan’s Head of Startup Banking, Ashraf Hebela. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Hebela spent 13 years at Silicon Valley Bank, a bulk of those years dedicated to serving as SVB's head of banking. With over a decade in the startup world, he’s got some serious insights to share. Following the recent re…
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E149: OpenAI to $1.0 trillion valuation?, Fly United with Starlink?, Broker-dealers ever offer crypto?
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Send us a text 00:15 - OpenAI to $1.0 trillion valuation? 17:11 - Fly United with Starlink? 26:39 - Broker-dealers ever offer crypto? [1] OpenAI in Talks for $6.5B Funding Round at $150B Valuation -Does OpenAI have potential to be a $1.0 trillion company? 6.7x return from here. -OpenAI in discussions to raise $6.5B at a $150B valuation (primary rou…
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E148: OpenAI launches 'OpenAI o1,' in talks for $6.5B at $150B valuation, hits 10M subscribers; SpaceX sets civilian space travel record; Glean raises $260M at $4.6B valuation; Klarna cuts losses, integrates ...
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Send us a text Subscribe to AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Research at agdillon.com/subscribe; - Wednesday = secondary market valuations, revenue multiples, performance, index fact sheets - Saturdays = pre-IPO news and insights, webinar replays 00:06 | SpaceX Sets New Record in Civilian Space Travel - Space payload delivery and satellite internet company …
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What could be more frightening than Friday the 13th? How about a realization that AI is in its awkward tween stage? At least, it was for the TC Equity pod crew, which this week included hosts Devin Coldewey and Kirsten Korosec along with TC reporters Tim de Chant and Dominic Madori Davis. AI is often a topic over here at Equity Pod; and this week w…
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Today on Equity, Former SoftBank Group International President Alok Sama joins Rebecca Bellan ahead of the launch of his new book THE MONEY TRAP: Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble. Here's what the pair got into: What Apple's AI announcements could mean for startup innovation and companies like ARM and Nvidia Concerns about the circularity of in…
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E147: OpenAI users up 100% yoy, Anthropic to power Amazon Alexa, X TV App the end of cable TV?
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Send us a text 00:00 - Intro 00:14 - OpenAI Hits 200M Weekly Active Users for ChatGPT 09:16 - Anthropic’s Claude AI Powers New Amazon Alexa 23:55 - X Launches Beta Version of TV App for Fire TV and Google TVDi AG Dillon & Co
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Don’t have an hour and forty minutes to devote to watching the replay of Apple’s 'Glowtime' event? As expected, the show was packed with AI announcements, from new chips to creative features. TechCrunch Minute's Amanda Silberling is taking over to catch you up in just a few minutes. Equity will be back with a deeper dive on how startups can compete…
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E146: Safe Superintelligence raises $1B for new AI LLM; OpenAI hits 200M weekly active users for ChatGPT; Salesforce acquires Own company for $1.9B; ByteDance raises $600M for Dongchedi, valued at $3B; ...
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Send us a text PRE-IPO STOCK FUNDS CLOSING TO NEW INVESTORS ON SEP 13 (NEXT FRIDAY) AG Dillon has seven (7) pre-IPO stock funds closing on Friday, Sep 13. Next Friday. See fund list at www.agdillon.com/product (page 3). Available for purchase at Schwab, Fidelity, or directly at AG Dillon. Email aaron.dillon@agdillon.com to invest Subscribe to AG Di…
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The Equity podcast crew is wrapping up another eventful week, with real estate, AI agents, gambling, and secondary markets — which are, of course, a form of legalized gambling. Mary Ann Azevedo, Becca Szkutak, and Devin Coldewey started off this Friday's episode with the acknowledgment that the X/Twitter ban situation in Brazil is possibly too comp…
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Today on Equity, we're throwing it back to when 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…
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E145: FigureAI's $675m capital raise, Stripe stock buyback at $70b, xAI Grok 2.0 differentiators
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Send us a text 00:19 | FigureAI (humanoid robots) - AI and humanoid robots drive efficiency and will drive cost of goods/services to $0, drive unlimited GDP - $675m raise $2.6b valuation; OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia - 10b humanoid robots by 2040 - Musk is projecting 16b to 32b humanoid robots, Telsa Optimus is a humanoid robot - humanoid robots fit e…
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When US District Court Judge Amit Mehta found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its monopoly in online search, it was seen as a major defeat for Google. The decision could alter the way the tech giant does business, shake up opportunities for search startups, and even change the structure of the internet. While Google plans to appeal eith…
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In this Friday’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast Mary Ann Azevedo, Devin Coldewey, and Equity's newest voice Margaux MacColl are here to discuss three major deals of the week. First up is the $80 million round for Story, which is trying to apply that ol' web3 magic to AI and talent management. Next, Mary Ann attempts to untangle the knotty, …
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What is the right way to regulate AI? There appears to be as many different answers to that as there are regulators. On today's episode of Equity, we're bringing you a live interview from TechCrunch's recent Strictly VC event. Equity co-host Becca Szkutak sat down with Helen Toner, the director of strategy and foundational research grants from the …
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E144: xAI launches Grok-2 and Grok-2 Mini on X platform, Klarna expands into banking with new products, Epic Games targets mobile market with new storefront, Ramp’s AI-powered growth drives $9.1B valuation ...
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Send us a text Subscribe to AG Dillon Pre-IPO Stock Research at agdillon.com/subscribe; - Wednesday = secondary market valuations, revenue multiples, performance, index fact sheets - Saturdays = pre-IPO news and insights, webinar replays 00:07 | xAI Launches Grok-2 and Grok-2 Mini on X Platform - AI large language model platform business - Released…
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This week on Equity Kirsten Korosec and Mary Ann Azevedo were joined by one of TechCrunch’s resident AI experts, Devin Coldewey. They broke down their deals of the week: WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle startup, seeking an initial public offering in the United States at a $5 billion valuation, EliseAI, the company offering AI solutions to landl…
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Enterprise AI is booming so it’s no wonder that, as companies figure out how to implement it, the industry of AI infrastructure is emerging. This week, Equity is bringing you an episode of our sister show, Found. Becca and Dom talk to Nick Frosst from Cohere, the AI company building natural language models for enterprise customers. They discuss why…
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E143: Anduril raise at $14b; Groq raise at $2.8b; Live AI projects at JPM, MStanley, Goldman
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Send us a text Receive the podcast to your inbox = www.agdillon.com/subscribe 00:22 | Groq’s $640M series D drives valuation by 143% - Semiconductor company focused on AI inference chips - Raised $640M in Series D, valuation up to $2.8B (primary) - 143% increase from Feb 2024 round - Backed by Cisco, Samsung, BlackRock - Funds to scale tokens-as-a-…
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E142: Revolut's $45B valuation with employee share sale, Anduril’s $1.5B round pushes valuation to $14B, Groq’s $640M Series D boosts valuation by 143%, Google acqui-hires Character.AI team, Reddit acquires ...
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Send us a text WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: AG Dillon will be hosting a webinar on August 14 at 1:30pm ET titled “How RIAs Can Invest into Venture Capital and Still Custody at Schwab”. Step by step details of investing into alternatives at Schwab and we’ll explore how AG Dillon venture capital funds are specifically designed to eliminate incremental RIA o…
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In this Friday’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Mary Ann Azevedo and Becca Szkutak kick off the show dissecting a bill which aims to regulate AI at the model level. Naturally, some VCs and founders as well as students and professors are in an uproar about it. But we have to ask, is regulation in the name of safety such a b…
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