Podcast Episodes

What startups are building next, according to OpenAI’s Head of Startups

Many see OpenAI as the ChatGPT company while rivals like Anthropic and Cohere eye the enterprise space. Marc Manara, OpenAI's head of startups, says the reality looks different: AI-native companies a…

Published on 11 hours ago

SoftBank is back, and the AI hype cycle is eating itself

SoftBank and OpenAI announced a new 50-50 joint venture this week to sell enterprise AI tools in Japan under the brand "Crystal Intelligence." On paper, it's a straightforward international expansion…

Published on 5 days, 9 hours ago

From Air Force officer to space defense CEO: Why Even Rogers left to build weapons for orbit

Even Rogers spent a decade as an Air Force weapons officer watching China and Russia build space weapons while the U.S. had "nothing in our arsenal." So he left the military to solve the problem hims…

Published on 1 week ago

Equity Live: From $300M seed rounds to data center builds, AI is feeling bubbly

The Equity crew was live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025! Hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha took over the Builders Stage on Monday morning to kick off the event with the question everyone's …

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Startups should rethink how they pursue sales and traction, according to VC Tim Chen

After a small startup exit and being turned down by every VC firm he applied to, Tim Chen began angel investing and eventually stumbled into raising his own fund.  

Now, as the solo investor behind E…

Published on 2 weeks ago

OpenAI wants to power your browser, and that could be a security nightmare

The browser wars are heating up again, this time with AI in the driver’s seat. 

OpenAI just launched Atlas, a ChatGPT-powered browser that lets users surf the web using natural language and even incl…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Sam Altman’s eye-scanning startup wants to prove humanity in the age of AI bots

Ever wonder if you’re talking to a real person online or just another bot? As bots increasingly outnumber humans online, leading to an explosion of deepfakes and AI-driven fraud, one company has a so…

Published on 3 weeks ago

From SB 243 to ChatGPT: Why it's ‘not cool to be cautious’ about AI

Silicon Valley’s rule? It’s not cool to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, it’s becoming clearer who the indust…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Disruption via doping: Enhanced Games founder on the controversial 'future of sports'

Can performance-enhancing drugs push the limits of human potential? The creators of the Enhanced Games say yes — and they’re building a new sporting event to prove it.  

Backed by Peter Thiel and Don…

Published on 4 weeks ago

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 rolling out Anthropic's Claude to all 500,000 employe…

Published on 1 month ago