Podcast Episodes

Is crypto growing up? Tether risk, Stripe’s stablecoin play, and the GENIUS Act explained

Crypto is creeping back into the startup conversation, but at ETH Denver last week, the buzz was as much about Washington as it was about tokens. Pol…

1 month, 1 week ago

Build Mode: Compensation, culture, and cap tables with Yuri Sagalov, GeneralCatalyst

TechCrunch's founder-focused podcast, Build Mode, is back. This season we’re breaking down what it really takes to build a world-class founding team …

1 month, 1 week ago

Why creators are ditching ad revenue for chocolate bars and fintech acquisitions

The creator economy is evolving fast, and ad revenue alone isn't cutting it anymore. YouTubers are launching product lines, acquiring startups, and b…

1 month, 1 week ago

Google Cloud's VP for startups on reading your "check engine light" before it's too late

Startup founders are being pushed to move faster than ever, using AI while facing tighter funding, rising infrastructure costs, and more pressure to …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

AI burnout, billion-dollar bets, and Silicon Valley's Epstein problem

AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their own, others through “…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Glean’s fight to own the AI layer inside every company

Enterprise AI is shifting fast from chatbots that answer questions to systems that actually do the work across an organization. But who will own the …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

This Sequoia-backed lab thinks the brain is 'the floor, not the ceiling' for AI

AI lab Flapping Airplanes just landed $180 million in seed funding from the likes of Google Ventures, Sequoia, and Index to do something most labs ha…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

How far will Elon Musk take the ‘everything’ business as SpaceX and xAI merge?

Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth a…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

What a16z is actually funding (and what it's ignoring) when it comes to AI infra

Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping new $15 billion in funding. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its infrastructure team, the one …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Uber puts another chip on the self-driving roulette table

Self-driving truck startup Waabi's billion-dollar fundraise isn't just about trucks.  

The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 millio…

2 months ago