Equity

DeepSeek: separating fact from hype

DeepSeek lights a fire under Silicon Valley

Forget ‘Founder Mode,’ what about Customer Mode?

How are founders positioning themselves for the next 4 years?

AI's $100 billion impact: 2024’s venture capital surge and the road ahead for startups

$200M woolly mammoths and a farewell to TikTok

'Social media should be built on protocols, not platforms,' according to Mastodon's CEO

$5B livestream shopping apps, Nvidia reveals, and the weirdest tech at CES

The future of AI on wheels, according to Jesse Levinson from Zoox

Robinhood’s 'comeback' and big plans for 2025 with co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev

What’s next for Bluesky? CEO Jay Graber on growth, community, and decentralization

Bluesky’s rapid growth stems from a design philosophy that prioritizes user agency and interoperability over centralized control. By implementing "starter packs" and custom feeds, the platform enables users to curate niche experiences and bypass traditional network effects. The underlying AT Protocol functions as a mod...

2024: Founder Mode, AI, and the 'Rise of the Broligarchs'

Found: Empathy-driven investing with Erin and Sara Foster

Are AI companies just defense tech now?

In this episode of the Equity podcast, the hosts dive into the bustling tech news leading up to the holidays, highlighting several key topics. They explore SoftBank's significant commitment of $100 billion to US investments, the emergence of smaller venture capital funds focusing on defense technology as a response to ...

Building physical tech is back in fashion thanks to AI, robotics, and defense

It's the end of the road for Cruise, and Bluesky is still taking off

How much ‘government efficiency’ will Elon Musk be able to pull off?

Who knew you could get a $500 million valuation without launching a product?

'If you build it, they won't come': Bison Ventures founders on scaling frontier tech

Found: Taking on Nvidia and betting on transformers with Gavin Uberti from Etched