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Databricks’ GPT rival and who’s investing in “underdog” founders

Good day, and welcome to Equity, a podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. That is our Friday episode, by which we dig by way of probably the most crucial tales and themes from the week.

Because the week involves a detailed, we’re additionally shutting the e-book on the trial of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, the erstwhile crypto baron who’s heading to jail for 25 years. However whereas the SBF information was a giant deal, there was so very way more to cowl on right this moment’s information roundup episode of Fairness.

With Kirsten Korosec, Mary Ann Azevedo, and Alex Wilhelm aboard this week, the crew dug into Robinhood’s new credit card and what it could inform us in regards to the technique of main tech firms, Fisker’s latest woes, and even Databricks’ new AI model that it spent $10 million to spin up.

However that wasn’t sufficient. We additionally dug into two firms constructing startups centered round youngsters. One desires to help tots learn how to produce music, whereas the opposite is working to reduce waste and assist mother and father care for his or her youngsters on a finances. Then, to wrap up, a take a look at just who unicorn founders really are, and a new $100 million fund that to back climate tech.

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