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“India Implements New AI Regulations and Latest Pre-IPO Funding Round as Apple Faces €1.84B Penalty”

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Apple’s €1.84B fine, new AI rules in India, and the latest pre-IPO roundListen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Monday show, in which we take a look back at the weekend and what’s ahead in the week. Over the weekend we had a great chat with Nubank’s CEO, which you can find here. We are back Wednesday, see you then!

“Nubank’s CEO Reveals Insights on Profit Increase and Departure of Tourist Investors in LatAm”

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Nubank CEO dishes on the neobank’s profit surge and how tourist VCs in LatAm have gone homeListen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our interview show, where we sit down with a guest, think about their work, and unpack the rest. This week, we talked to David Vélez, the co-founder and CEO of Nubank, the $50 billion São Paulo, Brazil-based digital bank that offers credit cards, checking accounts and life insurance to consumers.

Microsoft’s Latest Venture: A Significant Investment in Another AI Firm

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Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, focused on startup and venture capital news that matters. We pull the top stories from the week thus far, and give them the Equity treatment to put them into proper context. On the show today:

Exploring the Shift in European VC Trends, Google’s Emphasis on AI, and the Inside Scoop on Byju’s CEO

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Why some VCs are pulling back from Europe, Google’s AI push, and who is the CEO of Byju’s? Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Monday show, in which we take a look back at the weekend and what’s ahead in the week. We also had an extra episode this weekend digging into the Reddit IPO that you can find here. On the pod this morning, here’s what we got into:For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website.

Insider Look: A Deep Dive into Reddit’s Initial Public Offering!

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Hello, and welcome to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Weekend team, we have something both short and sweet for you: A dig into the Reddit IPO filing that came out just after we recorded our final, regular episode of the week. Since we could not wait until Monday to talk about the numbers, we have an overview here for your delectation. If you want to read along:The Reddit IPO could be this year’s public-offering starting gun, or it could be a wet blanket on the year’s liquidity cycle. We’ll see how it prices, and even more how it trades when it does list.

OpenAI and Match Group: A Business Partnership Enhanced with AI Magic

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Match Group’s deal with OpenAI is just business with AI glitter on topListen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week, Mary Ann, Kirsten and Alex gathered to chat through a massive sheaf of news. For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders and more!

Upcoming Reddit IPO May Provide Incentives for Influential Users

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Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, in which we talk through the week’s leading startup and venture capital news. This is a short week, but there’s still a lot to talk about:We’ll be back Friday morning!

Scenario Two: AI Expectations Squashed as House Unveils Aimless Task Force

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The House of Representatives has founded a Task Force on artificial intelligence that will “ensure America continues leading in this strategic area,” as Speaker Mike Johnson put it. “But we started this task force!” Yes, and the E.U. has had their task force working on this subject since the pandemic days. The announcement of the task force kept expectations low, with no timeline or deliverables that voters or watchdogs can hold them to. Perhaps this task force is Congress’s admission that during such a tumultuous times, and lacking any real insight into an issue, all they can do is say “we’ll look into it.”

Is Artificial Intelligence Capable of Ugliness?

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Welcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. This week, some thoughts on AI aesthetics, the challenge of uninsurability, and how to pitch a biotech startup to non-experts. — AnnaToo good to be trueMost tools claiming to detect AI-generated text fail spectacularly, my colleague Kyle Wiggers reported. I’m only human, but a lot of the AI-written pitches I receive don’t pass the sniff test yet; their style and wordiness feel off. As fellow TechCrunch writer Ron Miller observed recently, “it’s really like AI-generated art, which has a certain look and feel.”That look and feel was made funnily obvious in a recent experiment conducted on one of my favorite social media accounts, Ugly Belgian Houses.