Podcast Episodes

AI Startup’s $1 Billion Seed Round 9/5/24

Valuations for AI startups are continuing to skyrocket. This time, OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever raising a whopping $1 billion as a seed round for…

1 year, 8 months ago

Google’s Big Antitrust Week, Plus VC Take on IPO Pipeline 9/4/24

Antitrust pressure against Google is ramping up this week, with a joint filing today from Google and the DOJ outlining their timeline for remedies fr…

1 year, 8 months ago

TechCheck+ Big Tech’s AI Talent Raid 8/30/24

Megacaps including Microsoft, Google and Amazon have been getting creative with how they’re poaching talent from top AI startups. Google with Charact…

1 year, 8 months ago

Klarna to Halve Workforce with AI, Plus Box CEO Post-Earnings 8/28/24

Salesforce earnings tonight a major test of AI's impact on the software winter, especially after the CEO of Buy Now Pay Later giant Klarna said he ai…

1 year, 8 months ago

Tech Divided Over AI Regulation 8/27/24

Elon Musk has now come out in support of a California bill to regulate AI safety, in stark contrast to big names including Google, Meta, OpenaAI and …

1 year, 8 months ago

Telegram CEO Arrest Sparks Free Speech Debate 8/26/24

Telegram CEO Arrest Sparks Free Speech Debate 

Description: The founder of the Dubai-based app Telegram was arrested in France this weekend as part of…

1 year, 8 months ago

Chinese E-commerce Headwinds, Plus AI’s Copyright Crisis 8/21/24

There were more headwinds today for China’s already-slumping consumer and e-commerce demand, after Walmart announced it was completely offloading its…

1 year, 9 months ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal Weighs on Bank Lenders, Plus Shein Sues Temu 8/20/24

Some of the world’s biggest banks loaned Elon Musk $13 billion to secure the social platform Twitter, now X. But according to new data from Pitchbook…

1 year, 9 months ago

Google’s IPO 20 Years Later 8/19/24

20 years ago today, Google debuted on the Nasdaq with a $23 billion market cap as a mere search engine company. Today, it’s now ballooned to a $2 tri…

1 year, 9 months ago

TechCheck+ Big Tech: Too Big to Split 8/16/24

After losing a landmark antitrust case over its dominance in the search market, Google is now facing the real threat of a court-mandated breakup of t…

1 year, 9 months ago