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

Fundraising /

AI agent startup /dev/agents announced a massive $56M seed round, putting the company’s valuation at a whopping $500 million. The amount is impressive given the company won’t have a first version of its product available until at least early next year. The reason behind investors’ trust, however, becomes a bit clearer when you consider the […]

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

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“If you build it, they won’t come,” Bison Ventures co-founder Tom Biegala said Wednesday on the Equity podcast. The phrase is an internal mantra at Bison, the early-stage venture firm betting on ‘frontier tech’ companies building in the material science, robotics, biotech, climate, and sustainability verticals; one that’s meant to dissuade founders from solving the

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Aerospace Corp’s CEO talks literal moonshots and Space Agenda 2025

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At this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco,  President and CEO of the Aerospace Corporation Steve Isakowitz and Agency Chief Technologist at NASA A.C. Charanya Charania took the stage to discuss a literal moonshot: how to build a thriving lunar ecosystem. Today on Equity, we’re taking you behind the scenes of TechCrunch Disrupt once again,

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The AI industry’s ‘next big bet,’ and should we just buy Chrome?

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The AI race is taking a detour as developers consider a new path to super-intelligent systems: test-time compute. Not sure what that means? Don’t worry, the Equity pod team breaks it down.  Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey and Margaux MacColl dig into the week’s tech and startup news, including what

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Gadget lover Marc Benioff says his favorite gadget these days is his cars and trucks

Gadgets /

Marc Benioff famously got into tech as a child coder writing games. He’s always loved tech gadgets. During an episode of TechCrunch’s Equity, when asked about his latest gadgets, he showed off his Oura ring. But then he considered and said that his favorite gadget these days is his car. “I think my car is

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Ben Horowitz’s tight ties with the Las Vegas Police Department — and why it matters

Fintech /

Over the last few years, Andreessen Horowitz co-founder and famed VC Ben Horowitz has donated at least $7.6 million to fund purchases by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, including new drones from a16z-backed Skydio. Skydio is not the first of a16z’s portfolio companies to benefit from these donations, either. Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts

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Marc Benioff says it’s ‘crazy talk’ that AI will hurt Salesforce, wants a billion AI agents in a year

Enterprise /

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says the next big thing for enterprise software, particularly Salesforce, is AI agents – or software bots that will do limited tasks on their own taking those tasks off of human workers.  “What if your workforce had no limits? Now, that is a question we could not ask in the last

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Trump’s election throws tech regulation a curveball

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President-elect Donald Trump has made a slew of “day one” pledges, including dismantling President Biden’s AI policies. While we’re not sure exactly if Trump will take action the first day he takes office in January, it’s clear that a tech regulation shakeup is on the way.  Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Devin

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Equity Live: Bret Taylor’s $4.5 billion startup and Waymo’s $5.6 billion round

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The Equity crew was live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024! Hosts Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey and Margaux MacColl took over the Builders Stage to kick off day 2 of Disrupt with no shortage of conference highlights, startups deals and venture news to chew through. Listen to the full episode to hear about: Equity will be back with a special interview episode on

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