{"id":79563,"date":"2024-03-01T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/01\/will-we-reach-agi-before-stripe-goes-public-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2024-03-01T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:05:11","slug":"will-we-reach-agi-before-stripe-goes-public-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/01\/will-we-reach-agi-before-stripe-goes-public-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Will we reach AGI before Stripe goes public? | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Listen here or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/Equity-010224-Genera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/Equity-010224-Genera\">wherever you get your podcasts<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hello, and welcome to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/equity\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/equity\/id1215439780\">Equity<\/a>, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Friday episode, when we dig back through the most critical stories and themes from the week.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what Mary Ann and Alex got into:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/02\/28\/fintech-giant-stripe-valuation-spikes-65b-employee-stock-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stripe\u2019s valuation recovers<\/a>:<\/strong> As part of a tender offer, Stripe is now worth $65 billion. The company\u2019s valuation has been on an up-and-down path in recent years as the company works to make its massive bulk fit into the private markets. Alex has thoughts on when it should go public, as you might imagine.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/02\/26\/fervo-energy-fundraising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fervo Energy\u2019s $200M+ round<\/a>:<\/strong> What if the solution to our energy problems was not in the stars, but beneath our feet? And no, I am not talking about carbon-based fuels. No, instead, what if geothermal energy is what we\u2019ve been waiting for? Fervo wants to make that question into a reality.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/02\/27\/vcs-back-wind-down-failed-startups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why VCs are investing in companies that shut down companies<\/a>:<\/strong> With more startups than usual heading for closure, there\u2019s a mountain of work ahead for founders and backers to shutter companies. Now some angels and other investors are putting their own capital into several companies that specialize in helping other firms close. Grim, but necessary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI and the law:<\/strong> Microsoft\u2019s move to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/02\/27\/microsoft-made-a-16-million-investment-in-mistral-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invest in French AI company Mistral<\/a> is not a bad way to spread its bets. Or to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/01\/09\/microsoft-investment-in-openai-may-face-eu-merger-probe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potentially fend of regulatory scrutiny that is building<\/a>. AI in general is having a bit of a time <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/12\/27\/the-new-york-times-wants-openai-and-microsoft-to-pay-for-training-data\/#:~:text=The%20New%20York%20Times%20is%20suing%20OpenAI%20and,by%20training%20generative%20AI%20models%20on%20Times%E2%80%99%20content.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sorting out rights<\/a> \u2014 or lack thereof \u2014 that some training data may retain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Coming up this weekend we have an interview with Nubank\u2019s CEO, and we have\u00a0<em>another<\/em> great interview planned for the weekend after! Chat soon!<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"In-Article Links\">\n<p><em>For episode transcripts and more, head to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/equity.simplecast.com\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/equity.simplecast.com\/episodes\" data-mrf-recirculation-id=\"In-Article Links_9\">Equity\u2019s Simplecast website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Equity drops at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" data-mrf-recirculation-id=\"In-Article Links_10\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" data-mrf-recirculation-id=\"In-Article Links_11\">\u00a0Overcast<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" data-mrf-recirculation-id=\"In-Article Links_12\">\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0all the casts. TechCrunch also has a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/chain-reaction\/id1616008890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/chain-reaction\/id1616008890\" data-mrf-recirculation-id=\"In-Article Links_13\">great show on crypto<\/a>, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/found\/id1561051074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/found\/id1561051074\" data-mrf-recirculation-id=\"In-Article Links_14\">show that interviews founders<\/a> and more!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/03\/01\/will-we-reach-agi-before-stripe-goes-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen here or\u00a0wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome to\u00a0Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Friday episode, when we dig back through the most critical stories and themes from the week. Here\u2019s what Mary Ann and Alex got into: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-79563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}