A baby was born in a Waymo this week, and it wasn’t even the first one.
What started as a novelty story quickly became a reminder of how autonomous vehicles are quietly becoming part of everyday life, complete with all the messiness thatentails. Thereal coming-of-agestory this week, however,wasn’thappening in San Francisco’s robotaxis. It was playing out in Hollywood, whereNetflix made an$82 billionbidtoacquireWarner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio business.
Today on TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec and Anthony Ha discuss what happens when the startup that used to mail you DVDs grows up and tries to buy a legacy entertainment empire, plus other big tech headlines that caught their attention.
Listen to the full episode to hear about:
- How Boom Supersonic is selling jet engines to data centers to fund its supersonic flight dreams
- Why Hinge’s CEO is leaving to start an AI dating app, and whether AI can actually fix dating
- The rise of AI circular deals and what CoreWeave’s CEO says about companies investing in their own customers
- A fertility startup using AI-designed antibodies to expand beyond ovulation tracking
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Theresa Loconsolo is an audio producer at TechCrunch focusing on Equity, the network’s flagship podcast. Before joining TechCrunch in 2022, she was one of 2 producers at a four-station conglomerate where she wrote, recorded, voiced and edited content, and engineered live performances and interviews from guests like lovelytheband. Theresa is based in New Jersey and holds a bachelors degree in Communication from Monmouth University.
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Anthony Ha is TechCrunch’s weekend editor. Previously, he worked as a tech reporter at Adweek, a senior editor at VentureBeat, a local government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, and vice president of content at a VC firm. He lives in New York City.
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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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