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TechCrunch follows technology businesses through the choices founders make and the consequences of emerging products. The selection combines the Equity Podcast, Build Mode conversations and shorter…
TechCrunch follows technology businesses through the choices founders make and the consequences of emerging products. The selection combines the Equity Podcast, Build Mode conversations and shorter pieces about AI, digital identity and financing. It is well suited to viewers interested in startups as operating businesses: how they find money, develop an offering and respond when new technology changes what customers or competitors can do.
Funding is approached from several angles. A conversation with Kickstarter's Everette Taylor examines the case for crowdfunding before venture capital, while another episode asks whether that route could replace an initial funding round. A founder interview with Ashley Tyrner-Dolce explores building a business through bootstrapping and eventually selling it. These subjects make financing a matter of choices and trade-offs rather than simply a headline about the size of a deal.
AI coverage includes a reporter's digital twin, questions about trusting Meta with one's digital life and discussion of AI's role on both sides of hacking and defence. The material moves between demonstrations of something newly possible and questions about what using it means. Equity episodes also take up the language surrounding AI and the funding of technology businesses.
The result is a channel where a product experiment can sit beside a founder's account or a discussion of investment. Entrepreneurs can find different ways to think about raising money and building a company, while technology followers can examine the commercial and personal questions behind new tools. The range of formats makes it possible to follow either the business story or the implications of a particular product.
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Satlyt Turns Satellites Into Virtual Data Centers | Startup Battlefield 2026
Satlyt helps satellite operators unlock and monetize idle compute by turning their spacecraft into virtual AI data centers with a single line of code. Watch the six-minute pitch from the Startup…
Satlyt helps satellite operators unlock and monetize idle compute by turning their spacecraft into virtual AI data centers with a single line of code. Watch the six-minute pitch from the Startup Battlefield Top 20 to see how the computing power already orbiting overhead could become a new revenue stream.
🔗 Learn more about Satlyt: https://satlyt.ai/
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Alumni include 1,700+ companies, among them Dropbox, Discord, and Cloudflare.
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