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Each week TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos, and Alex Gove, a former journalist, VC and operating exec who today runs StrictlyVC, interview a mover and shaker in the world of tech

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In this episode, Connie is joined by Vijay Pande, co-founder of VZ and former general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, to discuss why he believes AI is poised to transform healthcare and create a new generation of trillion-dollar companies. Pande expl... more

This week we'r sharing a conversation from our colleagues at TechCrunch's Equity.

Anthropic leaped to ⁠a $47 billion revenue run rate by May,⁠ compared to $9 billion in 2025. It’s the kind of growth that Menlo Ventures' ⁠Matt Murphy⁠ says he's never... more

Much of American-caught fish is processed overseas, and often in China, before it comes back to the U.S. Shinkei wants to change that with robotics, computer vision, and a vertically integrated supply chain built from scratch.

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In this episode, Connie and Alex are joined by Reed Jobs, founder and managing partner of Yosemite, to discuss the firm’s ambitious mission to make cancer nonlethal by building biotech companies from the ground up. Jobs explains why Yosemite pairs ve... more

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Episode: Equity Replay: Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says the lesson for founders now is that a great model isn't enough
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Reed Jobs
Founder and managing partner of Yosemite
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Uber's Chief Product Officer
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Peggy Johnson
CEO of Agility Robotics
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Parker Conrad
Founder and CEO of Rippling
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Episode: Is Your AI Actually Worth What You're Spending? with Parker Conrad
Cheng Xu
Partner at Basis Set Ventures
Basis Set Ventures
Episode: Is There an AI Bubble? VCs on Valuations and ARR Inflation
Carter Reum
Founder of M13
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Connie Loizos
Host of the show and TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief
Alex Gove
Co-host and founder of StrictlyVC

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Equity Replay: Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says the lesson for founders now is that a great model isn't enough
Q: What's different about building an AI business today compared to the last SaaS wave?
The AI wave is product-led and ubiquitously accessible, removing many traditional barriers; this causes rapid adoption, larger addressable markets, and a need to balance speed with governance and cost efficiency across multi-model environments.
Equity Replay: Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says the lesson for founders now is that a great model isn't enough
Q: Tell us an early story about Anthropic and what made you go all in.
Dario and the team showed a rare combination of deep AI expertise, practical product sense, and the ability to execute on a vision from OpenAI legacy to a focused, enterprise-friendly model with strong partnerships; that combination convinced us to back them in Series C and later.
Equity Replay: Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says the lesson for founders now is that a great model isn't enough
Q: Hi, Matt, welcome to the show.
Thanks for having me. Happy to be here and share what we've learned about Anthropic and the AI market's evolution.
Why Founders Fund Backed a Fish Robotics Startup
Q: How did you meet and why did Founders Fund decide to back this opportunity?
Delian explains he met Saif several years prior, saw clear life-long commitment and a unique founder who is tackling a hard tech problem with a rare combination of engineering depth and market pull, making it a compelling early-stage investment despite being a contrarian area.
Why Founders Fund Backed a Fish Robotics Startup
Q: So tell us a little bit about what you're building.
Shinkei is building a vertically integrated seafood system, deploying robotics and AI from fishing vessels through processing plants to deliver higher quality, longer-lasting fish under their own Ceremony brand, and they plan to own the fish from catch to consumer.

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Pitched as a sharp, practitioner-focused dialogue with leaders at the intersection of technology, startups, and capital, this show tends to feature high-level conversations with founders, investors, and operators shaping product strategy, funding dynamics, and go-to-market moves in AI, robotics, and platform-scale software. Episodes often center on practical bets, such as how AI is being productized, how robotics firms commercialize hardware, or how SaaS/data platforms can leverage data ecosystems to accelerate growth, with candid takes on funding cycles, valuations, and strategic partnerships. A few episodes stand out for their big-picture ambience—panels or deep-dives that unpack industry-wide shifts (e.g., the AI funding frenzy, hardware... more

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