{"id":9809,"date":"2023-03-24T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/24\/not-so-fake-dry-powder-ai-and-the-future-of-daos\/"},"modified":"2023-03-24T14:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T14:00:28","slug":"not-so-fake-dry-powder-ai-and-the-future-of-daos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/24\/not-so-fake-dry-powder-ai-and-the-future-of-daos\/","title":{"rendered":"Not-so-fake dry powder, AI and the future of DAOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">\n<p>Hello, and welcome back to <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/equity\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Equity<\/a>, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.<\/p>\n<p>We had the whole gang together this week, which was fitting given the sheer number of news stories that we simply had to get through. So, what did <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bayareawriter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Ann<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nmasc_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natasha<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex<\/a> dive into? Here&#8217;s the rundown:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A quick update on TikTok: The CEO of the popular social media service <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/22\/tiktok-gears-up-for-its-big-day-in-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went before Congress today<\/a>. It was a pretty darn hostile meeting. Alex caught a chunk of it live, and also has a few <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/23\/tiktok-coinbase-sec-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thoughts on the matter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>From there it was time for our &#8216;deals of the week&#8217; section, which today included <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/20\/duolingo-for-music-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duolingo&#8217;s new music product<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/21\/seed-club-ventures-emerges-from-stealth-with-25m-fund-focused-on-daos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new DAO fund<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/21\/after-calling-off-spac-fintech-etoro-secures-250m-at-a-3-5b-valuation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest eToro investment<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Then it was time to talk payroll. We started with <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/17\/a-500-million-term-sheet-in-12-hours-how-rippling-struck-a-deal-as-svb-was-melting-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Rippling deal to raise $500 million during the SVB crisis<\/a>, and then <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/22\/rippling-gusto-deel-velocity-global-ipo\/?tpcc=tcplustwitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussed the larger HR tech space<\/a>, which is both bigger and valuable than we realized.<\/li>\n<li>We closed <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/21\/google-opens-early-access-to-bard-its-ai-chatbot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with AI<\/a>. So, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/21\/googles-bard-lags-behind-gpt-4-and-claude-in-head-to-head-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">so much AI<\/a>. Everyone <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/21\/googles-bard-lags-behind-gpt-4-and-claude-in-head-to-head-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and their least favored parental unit<\/a> is building a large language model, and TechCrunch is <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/22\/the-top-10-ai-mobile-apps-have-already-pulled-in-over-14-million-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">busy covering in all their glory, or lack thereof<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whew! What a week. The show is back Monday morning. We&#8217;ll see you there.<\/p>\n<p><i>For episode transcripts and more, head to\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/equity.simplecast.com\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Equity\u2019s Simplecast website<\/i><\/a><i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"piano-inline-promo\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p><i>Equity drops at 7:00 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Apple Podcasts<\/i><\/a><i>,<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>\u00a0Overcast<\/i><\/a><i>,<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>\u00a0Spotify<\/i><\/a>\u00a0<em>and\u00a0<\/em><i>all the casts. TechCrunch also has a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/chain-reaction\/id1616008890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great show on crypto<\/a>, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/found\/id1561051074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show that interviews founders<\/a>, one that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-techcrunch-podcast\/id1624500693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">details how our stories come together<\/a> and more!<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/24\/not-so-fake-dry-powder-ai-and-the-future-of-daos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Not-so-fake dry powder, AI and the future of DAOs<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/author\/natasha-mascarenhas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Natasha Mascarenhas<\/a> originally published on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\" target=\"_blank\">TechCrunch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/24\/not-so-fake-dry-powder-ai-and-the-future-of-daos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. We had the whole gang together this week, which was fitting given the sheer number of news stories that we simply had to get through. So, what did Mary Ann and Natasha [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9809","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\/9809","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=9809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}