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One day all tech news will merely be updates to Twitter moderation policies
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8 minutes
Released:
Nov 7, 2022
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.Stocks are up around the world, which is a nice thing to wake up to. Crypto prices are down a smidgen, but nothing majorThere's FTX-Binance drama afoot, in case that's your jam.On the Twitter beat, in the wake of rehires Musk is tweaking his work on moderation policies regarding impersonation, verification appears to be on hold, and more.PhotoRoom raised $19 million, the Unity megadeal is complete, no matter what we thought about it, and Yassir just raised $150 million from Bond. Has Bond been quiet lately? Not sure but dang, this round was a big one.There's an election tomorrow in America.And that’s our show! More Wednesday!Equity drops at 7 a.m. PT every Monday and Wednesday, and at 6 a.m. PT on Fridays, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, one that details how our stories come together, and more!
Released:
Nov 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
No parties allowed at the Airbnb IPO: Here’s what Natasha and Danny and Alex got into this week: The public markets are afire these days with Apple reaching $2 trillion in market cap, and Tesla’s stock doing all sorts of odd things. In short, stocks have only gone up for a while and that means that there’s warm, nigh-stuffy temperatures around assets of all types. This is leading to a surge in liquidity, unsurprisingly, as asset managers of all types look to take advantage of the times. So, Asana is prepping a direct listing, Airbnb has filed privately, And ThredUp is eyeing an early-2021 IPO. Around the same time as Coinbase, we’d reckon. Airbnb banned parties as well, which wound up being the title of the show. And SPACs are still happening in rapid-fire fashion. The Equity crew is not super impressed about the whole affair, but I’ll say that with Paul “Fucking” Ryan involved, it’s probably a sign of the top. And capping the liquidity chat, Natasha ran us through by Equity