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Don’t use Sam Altman and AI hype in the same sentence

TechCrunch

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Thankfully, it fell during the easiest, slowest news cycle we’ve had since the beginning of the grocery delivery wars and WeWork. Today, we’re celebrating Equity’s 6th birthday!

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Upworthy Type Headlines: To Like or Dislike?

Care2

Upworthy, a site that focuses on curating social cause related videos and content has been receiving a lot of media attention for changing how bloggers write headlines. But is this a signal that people are growing weary of the “and you won’t believe what happened next” headlines? Any takers? What about Facebook?

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Don’t overthink it: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot is a joke

The Verge

Even by Musk’s standards, it was a bizarre and brilliant bit of tomfoolery: a multipurpose sideshow that trolled Tesla skeptics, fed the fans, ginned up the share price, and created some eye-catching headlines. I’m not saying that he shouldn’t be doing research like this, but it’s the usual overblown hype.”

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You can only invest if you promise not to read the fine print, ok?

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. News was right back up to a dull roar this week, so we did our best to trim and hone and just bring you the most important things. We’re hype, you’re hype, and we had some jokes.

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The oh-so-biased branding risk in venture capital

TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. It’s not surprising: Hyped-up technologies often get outsized interest. Headline of the week goes to: “Uber is coming for Instacart.” To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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It’s a fintech world, and we’re just living in it

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. It was a live recording this week, which was good fun. And we closed with a look at Forge’s neat SPAC launch and what its positive debut could mean for unicorns more generally.

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Thanks to Amazon, One Medical and Whole Foods are on the same dang shelf

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Alex , Natasha and Mary Ann got together with Grace once again this week for our weekly roundup show, and as often happens, news broke as we were gearing up to record.

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