Best Theresa Loconsolo Podcasts (2024)

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Newchip's bankruptcy is a cautionary tale for founders 22:52

1h ago22:52

22:52

For months, TechCrunch Senior Reporters Mary Ann Azevedo and Christine Hall have been following the story of Newchip's bankruptcy and its impact on founders and today on Equity, they're joined by Haje Kamps to dig deep into how the accelerator’s fall from grace threatened the cap tables of thousands of startups. In some cases, companies suddenly we…

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OpenAI gears up for a big announcement, and Apple Store workers authorize a strike 11:43

2h ago11:43

11:43

Last week was a busy one for some Apple Store employees. Over the weekend, workers at Apple’s Townson, Maryland store — the first Apple retail store to have a formally recognized union — voted to authorize a strike. While the date of the strike is still being determined, the union has been negotiating with Apple since January 2023 over work-life ba…

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Acquisitions are heating up, and Mercury eyes the fintech crown 31:43

3d ago31:43

31:43

Finally, some good news! This week, we were pleasantly surprised to see that FTX victims would be getting some money back – even if it’s not as much as they might have hoped. That wasn’t all, though: Mary Ann Azevedo, Kirsten Korosec, and Alex Wilhelm had plenty else to talk about this week on Equity. We discussed why investors are drawn to the fac…

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$450M for Noname, two billion-dollar rounds, and good news for crypto startups 16:36

5d ago16:36

16:36

Good news, crypto founders: Venture capital activity is picking up in your sector after falling to multi-year lows in late 2023. Put another way, venture folks appear more web3-bullish than before, even if recent tallies are far under highs seen in late 2021. But that was hardly the only news item we had to dig into on Equity this morning. Akamai i…

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Dorsey leaves Bluesky, tech giants do more with less, and the next IPO 11:12

7d ago11:12

11:12

News that Jack Dorsey is out at Bluesky caused a stir this weekend. After all, Dorsey is a former Twitter co-founder and CEO, so his investment of time into the rival social network carried weight. The decentralized social networking service said that it is looking for a new board member. But while we had to talk about Dorsey’s latest on Equity tod…

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Inside TC’s Techstars investigation and how AI is accelerating disability tech 34:33

10d ago34:33

34:33

Mary Ann Azevedo, Kirsten Korosec, and Alex Wilhelm had a lot to parse this week. We had notes on wallet-as-a-service’ startup Ansa's latest fundraise, and how Alex initially misunderstood its business model. Then Kirsten talked us through a simply massive deal in the self-driving space, while Alex wanted to riff on Beehiiv and its own funding roun…

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A new venture capital supergroup is forming 10:32

12d ago10:32

10:32

Startups are not shying away from big projects. That’s my takeaway from news that The Browser Company’s Arc browser is now generally available for Windows users, just as Island raised a massive grip of capital for its enterprise-focused browser tool. It’s very encouraging to see startups going after core pieces of technology, and not just the apps …

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Musk’s xAI shows there’s more money on the sidelines for AI startups 13:14

14d ago13:14

13:14

We’re off to an AI-heavy start to the week. OpenAI has a new deal with the Financial Times that caught our eye. Sure, it’s another content licensing deal, but there appears to be a bit more in the tie-up than just content flowing one way, and money the other. On this early-week episode of Equity, we also dug into the xAI news that TechCrunch broke …

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Good news for Rubrik, bad news for TikTok, and encouraging news for Early Stage startups 27:17

17d ago27:17

27:17

Rubrik’s strong IPO pricing and warm reception by the public markets after its listing add more weight to the perspective that the public markets are not as closed to tech startups as some thought. If Rubrik’s result isn’t enough to break the logjam, well, maybe there’s something else going on. But there was a lot more that happened this week, whic…

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The TikTok ban clears key hurdle while Perplexity AI continues to shake up search 12:58

21d ago12:58

12:58

Well, if you are a big TikTok fan and live in the United States, I have some bad news for you: A bill that would force a sale of TikTok or ban it in the United States passed the Senate. And the President is expected to sign it. Given that China has made noise that it will not allow a sale of the social media company that is headquartered in Singapo…

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Salesforce's silly deal dies as we keep our eyes on Ibotta and Rubrik 13:39

21d ago13:39

13:39

Today we dug into the latest markets news, including upcoming earnings, IPOs, and what impact — if any — the recent bitcoin halving had on its value. But the money news did not stop there. We also had two new venture capital funds to discuss, including a new vehicle from Seraphim focused on space, and TLcom Capital’s new Africa-focused fund. From t…

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Notable Capital's Hans Tung on the state of VC and the upside to down rounds 25:30

25d ago25:30

25:30

This week, Mary Ann talked to Hans Tung, managing partner of Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital), which is focused on investing in the US as well as in Europe and Latin America. Long-time listeners may recall that Hans, whose portfolio includes the likes of Airbnb, StockX and Slack, joined Equity last year to focus on down rounds, a term often t…

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Tesla’s busy week, and is fintech having a moment? 31:57

24d ago31:57

31:57

It’s been more than a minute since Tesla went public, but the EV company was inescapable on TechCrunch this week. From layoffs to pricing changes and more, it was a week dyed deeply in Tesla colors so we had to chat through the latest. But that was just one element of what we got into on Equity this week. We also dug into Mary Ann’s reporting about…

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An $11B bonanza for space startups, and where is all that a16z money going? 10:09

26d ago10:09

10:09

What is worth $11 billion and wants to go to Mars to collect rocks? NASA’s mission to Mars to collect rocks that was expected to cost $11 billion and take ages. So, the U.S. space agency is throwing the doors open to get more input, and that means that startups are looking at an opportunity that is truly out of this world. But that’s not the only t…

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OpenAI plans new Tokyo office as Tesla layoffs arrive 12:05

30d ago12:05

12:05

It’s only Monday morning, but it already feels like Thursday given the sheer amount of news that’s flowing in. We have two critical headlines for you today: OpenAI is planning to open an office in Tokyo and launch a new GPT-4 model for the Japanese language. The U.S., EU, and China are all racing for leadership in AI, and OpenAI’s foray into Japan …

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Beeper acquired by Automattic, fintech's decline and YC's lack of LatAm founders 30:56

1M ago30:56

30:56

Today, the Equity crew dug into Automattic buying Beeper for $125 million. Recall that the WordPress parent company bought Texts.com last year for $50 million. Elsewhere in deal-land, Proton bought Standard Notes, and we recently discussed the Wonderschool-Early Day purchase. More, please! In the Deals of the Week column, Mary Ann chose Payjoy’s ma…

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A $60M venture fund with a twist, and more startup-on-startup acquisitions 11:06

1M ago11:06

11:06

Today on Equity’s startup-focused Wednesday show, we dug into the Multiverse-Searchlight deal that reminded us of the Wonderschool-Early Day transaction that we covered on the show a few weeks back. We also dug into the latest Guesty round, which was both large and interesting from a financial perspective, the Monad Labs transaction that led us to …

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Theresa Loconsolo Podcasts

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Equity

TechCrunch, Alex Wilhelm, Mary Ann Azevedo, Kell, Theresa Loconsolo

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Newchip's bankruptcy is a cautionary tale for founders 22:52

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OpenAI gears up for a big announcement, and Apple Store workers authorize a strike 11:43

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Acquisitions are heating up, and Mercury eyes the fintech crown 31:43

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$450M for Noname, two billion-dollar rounds, and good news for crypto startups 16:36

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Dorsey leaves Bluesky, tech giants do more with less, and the next IPO 11:12

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Inside TC’s Techstars investigation and how AI is accelerating disability tech 34:33

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A new venture capital supergroup is forming 10:32

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Musk’s xAI shows there’s more money on the sidelines for AI startups 13:14

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Good news for Rubrik, bad news for TikTok, and encouraging news for Early Stage startups 27:17

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The TikTok ban clears key hurdle while Perplexity AI continues to shake up search 12:58

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Salesforce's silly deal dies as we keep our eyes on Ibotta and Rubrik 13:39

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Notable Capital's Hans Tung on the state of VC and the upside to down rounds 25:30

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Tesla’s busy week, and is fintech having a moment? 31:57

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An $11B bonanza for space startups, and where is all that a16z money going? 10:09

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OpenAI plans new Tokyo office as Tesla layoffs arrive 12:05

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Beeper acquired by Automattic, fintech's decline and YC's lack of LatAm founders 30:56

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A $60M venture fund with a twist, and more startup-on-startup acquisitions 11:06

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