Best Rebecca Szkutak Podcasts (2024)

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AI-powered drug development, VW teams up with Rivian, and DEI is 'bad' 29:52

2h ago29:52

29:52

Mary Ann, Haje and Kirsten are back on the mic for this week's episode, which was is jam-packed with deals, hot topics, and the latest dramaaaaaa in the tech world. For Deals of the Week, Haje wanted to chat about Formation Bio, an AI-focused drug development startup that just raised a whopping $372 million in Series D funding, led by Andreessen Ho…

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Y Combinator sets its sights on D.C. with Luther Lowe 21:39

1d ago21:39

21:39

Today, we’re bringing you a conversation from TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in DC earlier this month, where TechCrunch Editor in Chief & General Manager Connie Loizos sat down with Luther Lowe, who serves as Y Combinator’s Head of Public Policy. Lowe joined the accelerator last fall from Yelp, where he was SVP of Public Policy. Connie and Luther to…

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The EU's DMA is coming for Apple, and X bots are on the loose 12:02

4d ago12:02

12:02

In a press release this morning, the European Commission named Apple as the first of tech’s so-called “gatekeepers” to be charged for violating the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Apple is one of six tech giants named by the European Commission as “gatekeepers” last year, alongside Alphabet, Amazon, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. While we continue to kee…

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Ilya Sutskever's new AI venture, and time to BeReal about bankruptcy 33:35

7d ago33:35

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This week, co-hosts Mary-Ann Azavedo and Haje Kamps were joined by the ever-insightful Kirsten Korosec to dive into the latest and greatest happenings in the startup world. Kicking things off, our trio of hosts break down three major deals of the week. First, there's Waabi, an autonomous trucking startup that just closed a whopping $200 million Ser…

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Do co-CEOs make sense? 19:55

9d ago19:55

19:55

Last week, Brex announced that it would be ditching its co-CEO model, and that got Equity hosts Haje Kamps and Mary Ann Azevedo wondering about co-CEO teams and the effectiveness of the structure overall. Brex, founded in 2017 by Pedro Franceschi and Henrique Dubugras, initially thrived under the co-CEO structure, with Pedro focusing on internal op…

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Black founders are tailoring the ChatGPT experience, and crypto makes a comeback 13:00

11d ago13:00

13:00

This week on Equity, we discussed some big news that really matters: How Black founders are addressing the diversity gap in AI chatbots. We’ve all noticed how OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI chatbot tools struggle with cultural nuance, often coming up with answers that reflect a largely Euro-centric worldview. Now, a handful of Black-owned chatbots a…

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Musk v. OpenAI, and how can startups compete with Apple Intelligence? 28:38

14d ago28:38

28:38

Welcome back to Friday Equity! In today’s episode Equity podcast, Mary Ann, Haje and Becca dug into three very different but all super interesting deals of the week. Haje wanted to discuss Raspberry Pi’s debut on the public market, and we all agreed that what this profitable company has managed to build – a tiny affordable computer that fits into t…

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NEA’s Vanessa Larco says generative AI will change the SaaS pricing model - and that’s a good thing 27:51

16d ago27:51

27:51

Vanessa Larco, partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), believes that Generative AI’s impact on the world of SaaS could be huge. The investor joined Mary Ann Azevedo on Equity to talk through, among other topics, her theories about how GenAI could alter the pricing models SaaS businesses use when charging customers. “I think where [SaaS] people …

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Byju's valuation shakeup and what's ahead for WWDC 5:38

18d ago5:38

5:38

Apple’s WWDC is just hours away, and we’re gearing up for big announcements on – you guessed it – AI. We're kicking off today’s episode of Equity with a list of what we can (and can't) expect from the highly anticipated developer conference. But that's not all we talked about this morning. Becca Szkutak also took a look at Byju’s alarming valuation…

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Robinhood's crypto bet, AI-powered healthcare, and more on the fall of Fisker 36:13

21d ago36:13

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As always, there was a lot happening in startup land this week, and the Equity team had so much fun breaking it down for you. On today’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Mary Ann and Rebecca discussed Robinhood’s plans to buy European crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200 million in cash and why they weren’t really surprised by the news. The duo…

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Every startup has AI in their pitch deck and they should according to Forerunner Ventures' Eurie Kim 32:07

23d ago32:07

32:07

Consumer startups have taken a hit when it comes to venture funding. But according to Eurie Kim, partner at Forerunner Ventures and founding member of All Raise, consumer is where it’s at. The investor joined Mary Ann Azevedo on Equity to talk through the intricacies of the space. She pointed out that last year, just 7% of seed capital went to cons…

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Inside the demise of EV startup Fisker, and X's new rules allow adult content 12:37

25d ago12:37

12:37

Welcome to this week's Episode of Equity Monday. We're kicking off the week with a deep dive from this weekend into the demise of electric vehicle startup Fisker at the hands of its founders' whims. Fisker, which was founded by famed vehicle designer Henrik Fisker, is on the brink of bankruptcy after only having delivered a few thousand electric Oc…

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Who's (not) IPO-ing and what's going on with BaaS? 31:51

28d ago31:51

31:51

Welcome back to Equity Friday! In this week’s episode, Mary Ann, Becca Szkutak,and Haje Kamps tackled three deals of the week: xAI, Elon Musk has once again proven that his name alone can shake up the investment world, raising a staggering $6 billion for his AI startup. Solutions by Text, The Dallas-based company, which has been bootstrapped for ov…

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Peering into the 'Series A chasm' with Everywhere Ventures' Jenny Fielding 25:05

1M ago25:05

25:05

It’s no secret that the bar for startups to land a Series A has risen, but has it risen too high? According to Jenny Fielding, a co-founder and Managing Partner at Everywhere Ventures, startups are facing what she calls “The Series A Chasm.” In a post on X this month, Fielding said, “there’s a huge backlog of seed stage companies with nice traction…

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Musk’s xAI raises fresh capital while Synapse’s bankruptcy could impact millions 9:40

1M ago9:40

9:40

We’re kicking off the short week with news about Elon Musk, and no, it’s not about X or Tesla. Instead, we’re talking about Musk’s other other company, xAI. In a blog post this weekend, xAI announced it raised $6 billion in Series B funding, confirming earlier reports that the AI startup was looking to raise at a pre-money valuation of $18 billion.…

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The new Equity crew on a proposed AI 'kill switch' and why it's rough out there for VCs 29:08

1M ago29:08

29:08

Say hi to the new Equity crew! To kick off today's show, Mary Ann invited her new co-hosts - Becca Szkutak, Rebecca Bellan, and Haje Kamps - to introduce themselves and shared a bit more about what they do here at TC. The team then jumped right into the news, starting with Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet announcing she is leaving the company, just weeks…

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Here's how startups can crack the US market, according to Australian VCs 47:44

1M ago47:44

47:44

Today, we’re listening back to not one but two interviews from the other side of the globe, thanks to our new co-host Rebecca Bellan, who spent three years in Auckland, New Zealand. Late last year, Rebecca hopped across the Tasman to Australia to report on the startup scene in Australia, and came back to us with a temperature check on VC in the Ant…

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Rebecca Szkutak Podcasts

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Equity

TechCrunch, Mary Ann Azevedo, Kell, Theresa Loconsolo, Haje Kamps, Rebecca Bellan, Rebecca Szkutak

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AI-powered drug development, VW teams up with Rivian, and DEI is 'bad' 29:52

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Y Combinator sets its sights on D.C. with Luther Lowe 21:39

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The EU's DMA is coming for Apple, and X bots are on the loose 12:02

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Ilya Sutskever's new AI venture, and time to BeReal about bankruptcy 33:35

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Do co-CEOs make sense? 19:55

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Black founders are tailoring the ChatGPT experience, and crypto makes a comeback 13:00

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Musk v. OpenAI, and how can startups compete with Apple Intelligence? 28:38

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NEA’s Vanessa Larco says generative AI will change the SaaS pricing model - and that’s a good thing 27:51

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Byju's valuation shakeup and what's ahead for WWDC 5:38

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Robinhood's crypto bet, AI-powered healthcare, and more on the fall of Fisker 36:13

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Every startup has AI in their pitch deck and they should according to Forerunner Ventures' Eurie Kim 32:07

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Inside the demise of EV startup Fisker, and X's new rules allow adult content 12:37

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Who's (not) IPO-ing and what's going on with BaaS? 31:51

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Peering into the 'Series A chasm' with Everywhere Ventures' Jenny Fielding 25:05

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Musk’s xAI raises fresh capital while Synapse’s bankruptcy could impact millions 9:40

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The new Equity crew on a proposed AI 'kill switch' and why it's rough out there for VCs 29:08

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Here's how startups can crack the US market, according to Australian VCs 47:44

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