A new era is on the way for Apple as Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September,handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus.
Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, buthe’salso stepping intoa very differentecosystem than the one Cook spent decades shaping. The App Store’s 30% cut is under pressure, the behind-the-scenes power Apple once held over developers is being challenged, andvibe-codedapps are changing what it means to build on Apple’s platform.
On this episode of TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into what this transition means for startups and a closer look at some of the week’s biggest deals — includingSpaceX’s $60B option on Cursor.
Listen to the full episode to hear about:
- WhyAnthropic’s Mythos modelis raising questions about both safety and marketing
- The$5 billionAmazon-Anthropic dealthat looks a lot likeother circular AI infrastructure plays
- What theSpaceX-Cursor agreement(and that$10 billionbreakup fee) says about Elon Musk’s AI strategy post-xAImerger
- Why fintechRevolutand AI chip startupCerebras‘ public market plans have us wondering whether this isactually theyear the IPO market reopens
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Kirsten Korosec is a reporter and editor who has covered the future of transportation from EVs and autonomous vehicles to urban air mobility and in-car tech for more than a decade. She is currently the transportation editor at TechCrunch and co-host of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast. She is also co-founder and co-host of the podcast, “The Autonocast.” She previously wrote for Fortune, The Verge, Bloomberg, MIT Technology Review and CBS Interactive.
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Sean O’Kane is a reporter who has spent a decade covering the rapidly-evolving business and technology of the transportation industry, including Tesla and the many startups chasing Elon Musk. Most recently, he was a reporter at Bloomberg News where he helped break stories about some of the most notorious EV SPAC flops. He previously worked at The Verge, where he also covered consumer technology, hosted many short- and long-form videos, performed product and editorial photography, and once nearly passed out in a Red Bull Air Race plane.
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