Finally, some good news! This week, we were pleasantly surprised to see that FTX Fraud Victims Could Get Some of Their Money Back — although not as much as they had hoped.
But that was not all: Mary Ann Azevedo, Kirsten Korosec And Alex Wilhelm I had a lot more to say this week about Equity.
We discussed why investors are attracted to Amae Healthwhich is developing an in-person approach to mental health care in an increasingly digital space. We were also curious about Lucid Bots, a North Carolina startup that has started building drones to clean windows in high-rise buildings and has now become a robotics company.
Kirsten helped us understand what was behind Motional’s decision to delays commercial robotaxi plans due to restructuringand the broader context surrounding it.
We then looked at the digital banking startup Mercury plans to diversify into softwareand how it now fits into an increasingly crowded spend management landscape. There were also three M&A deals to look at this week (here, here And here), and we celebrated the refreshing side of this situation, knowing that M&A activity was lighter than expected. (Spoiler: AI was involved in at least two of them.)
Last but certainly not least, we close the show with an announcement: after seven incredible years, Alex’s time with the podcast and TechCrunch is coming to an end. We can’t wait to see what he does next, but he’s definitely going to be greatly missed. Thanks for everything, Alex!
This isn’t the end of Equity though. We’ll be back Monday morning with your tech and startup news, as well as a new round of Pitch Deck Teardown. See you soon!
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