Good day, and welcome again to Equity, a podcast concerning the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. That is our Monday present, the place we dig into the weekend and take a peek on the week that’s to come back. We’ll discuss extra about Wednesday, however that is Y Combinator Demo Day week, so anticipate a deluge of startup information.
On the podcast at this time we dug into the most recent information from Discord that signifies it’s shifting in the direction of opening its gates for advertisements. As I wrote back in 2022, that is the usual follow for tech corporations that get large, even when we don’t adore it as shoppers. (Simply take a look at YouTube’s advert load, for instance.)
We additionally bought into this super-neat startup round regarding trucking, TechCrunch’s latest cybersecurity scoop which is large information for AT&T prospects, and even upcoming changes to the Android podcasting ecosystem that may see YouTube Music acquire much more prominence within Alphabet’s client empire. Hit play, and let’s have some enjoyable!
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