Best Max Zeff Podcasts (2025)

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Trillion with a ‘T’? That’s a lot of dollars, Nvidia. 30:46

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Nvidia reported another massive quarter this week with $46.7 billion in revenue, a 56% year-over-year increase driven almost entirely by AI demand. But despite CEO Jensen Huang's bold prediction of $3 to 4 trillion in global AI infrastructure spending in the next five years, the stock slid as investors questioned how long this kind of growth can la…

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Mark Cuban’s disruption formula: from streaming and healthcare to AI’s next wave 32:43

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Steve Jobs once said, “Everything’s a remix.” And that’s a philosophy that Mark Cuban has taken to heart, building an entire entrepreneurial and investment career on that simple belief. The real opportunity, Cuban says, lies in spotting patterns others miss and turning them into billion-dollar disruptions. On today's episode of Equity, Cuban joined…

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Beanie Babies for the brainrot era 29:51

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On today’s episode of the Equity podcast, your hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha try to understand why Labubu has become so popular and what it says about the collapsing divide between the internet and the real world. Are Labubus more than just the latest iteration of ‘90s Beanie Babies? And listen to the full episode to hear more abo…

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Why SecurityPal is choosing 'nuanced capital' over more VC rounds 25:17

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During the SaaS crash of 2022, SecurityPal founder Pukar Hamal was just 14 months from running out of money. Rather than raise another round, he chose to restructure and focus on profitability — and he hasn't raised since his $21M Series A in 2021. On today's episode of Equity, Hamal chatted with Julie Bort about what he calls "nuanced capital," a …

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Perplexity’s bid for Google Chrome could be just the beginning 25:27

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Perplexity, the AI search startup that hasn't even cracked 100 million monthly users, just made a $34.5 billion cash offer to buy Chrome from Google. The unsolicited bid comes as the DOJ prepares its remedy decision after ruling Google illegally maintained a search monopoly. The timing makes sense, but questions remain. Perplexity won't name its ba…

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All Raise CEO says VC’s smartest firms are betting on diverse leadership 30:29

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Women are making real progress in venture capital, according to a new report from the nonprofit All Raise. The percentage of women and nonbinary partners at top firms has doubled in recent years, even as the market cooled. On this week’s Equity, All Raise CEO Paige Hendrix Buckner joins TechCrunch’s Dominic-Madori Davis to unpack what’s driving tha…

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OpenAI just made an offer the government can't refuse 32:12

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OpenAI is making a serious play for the federal government. The company just announced a deal that gives U.S. agencies access to ChatGPT Enterprise for just $1 per year. Yes, really. It’s part of a new “blanket purchase agreement” aimed at getting OpenAI’s tools into federal departments fast and a clear sign the company wants to lock down the publi…

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Figma's IPO success is 'a little bit of a meme stock,' says Sapphire Ventures' Jai Das 25:55

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Figma managed something rare in today's market: it stayed independent, survived a failed Adobe acquisition, and went public on its own terms. But its post-IPO performance tells a more complex story about startup exits in 2025. Jai Das, President and Partner at Sapphire Ventures, joined Rebecca Bellan on Equity to discuss what Figma's IPO really sig…

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From Meta’s massive offers to Anthropic’s massive valuation, does AI have a ceiling? 32:08

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Meta is still going all-in on the AI talent war, with Mark Zuckerberg reportedly reaching out to top recruits himself, throwing around jaw-dropping compensation packages that top $1 billion over multiple years. And Meta’s latest target? Mira Murati's new startup, Thinking Machines Lab. It's a bold play in an already overheated market. While Zuck ey…

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Who really benefits from the AI boom? 30:28

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If you've been hearing about Trump's AI Action Plan and wondering who it actually benefits, you're not alone. On today's episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan caught up with Amba Kak and Dr. Sarah Myers West from the AI Now Institute, a think tank focused on the social implications of AI and the consolidation of power in tech industry. Their recent rep…

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Should Silicon Valley celebrate Trump's AI plans? 37:21

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The big AI companies seem to be in a celebratory mood after President Donald Trump unveiled his AI Action Plan — not surprising, perhaps, since the plan was shaped by Trump's Silicon Valley allies. Today, on TechCrunch's Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha look at how the Trump administration plans to reshape the AI land…

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AI’s talent arms race is starting to look like pro sports 27:57

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AI is entering a new phase where access to top talent is becoming as important as, if not more important than, compute or data. The market for AI researchers is so overheated, it’s starting to look a lot like pro sports — complete with outsized contracts and unprecedented infrastructure needs. On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan chatted wi…

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OpenAI, Thinking Machines Lab, and the built-in chaos of a $2B seed round 30:30

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OpenAI’s former chief technology officer, Mira Murati, just raised one of the largest seed rounds in history. Murati secured $2 billion in that seed round for Thinking Machines Lab — a startup so early, it hasn’t even revealed what it’s working on yet. The move is raising eyebrows across Silicon Valley, and it’s only the latest in a wave of top res…

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Hugging Face’s co-founder on bringing open-source AI to life with cute robots 27:58

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Hugging Face’s new AI robot, the Reachy Mini, has already racked up $1 million in sales just five days after launch. But the company isn’t trying to build a chore-doing humanoid just yet. Instead, Hugging Face sees the Reachy Mini as a hackable, desk-friendly device that's part entertainment, part entry point for developers and consumers to experim…

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Why Hugging Face's new robot is the Seinfeld of AI devices 30:45

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Hugging Face just launched Reachy Mini, an open source AI robot with big googly eyes and not much utility, and that’s kind of the charm. On this episode of Equity Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha break down the bot's debut, why it’s giving Seinfeld energy, and what it says about the future of open source hardware. Listen to the full episod…

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Is SaaS on its way out? The future belongs to agents, according to Narada AI's CEO 25:29

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“SaaS is going away,” says Dave Park, co-founder and CEO of Narada AI. The company is betting on a future where AI agents, not humans, navigate enterprise software on our behalf. Today on Equity, Park joins Rebecca Bellan on Equity to talk about the rise of agentic AI, what it actually is, how it differs from traditional automation, and what real-w…

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Why Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay for content 29:31

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Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay up. The cloud infrastructure provider is launching a new experiment called Pay per Crawl that would let publishers charge AI firms every time their bots scrape a site, and it could reshape how content is accessed and monetized online. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec and Max Zeff dig i…

Max Zeff Podcasts

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Trillion with a ‘T’? That’s a lot of dollars, Nvidia. 30:46

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Mark Cuban’s disruption formula: from streaming and healthcare to AI’s next wave 32:43

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Beanie Babies for the brainrot era 29:51

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Why SecurityPal is choosing 'nuanced capital' over more VC rounds 25:17

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Perplexity’s bid for Google Chrome could be just the beginning 25:27

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All Raise CEO says VC’s smartest firms are betting on diverse leadership 30:29

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OpenAI just made an offer the government can't refuse 32:12

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Figma's IPO success is 'a little bit of a meme stock,' says Sapphire Ventures' Jai Das 25:55

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From Meta’s massive offers to Anthropic’s massive valuation, does AI have a ceiling? 32:08

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Who really benefits from the AI boom? 30:28

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Should Silicon Valley celebrate Trump's AI plans? 37:21

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AI’s talent arms race is starting to look like pro sports 27:57

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OpenAI, Thinking Machines Lab, and the built-in chaos of a $2B seed round 30:30

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Hugging Face’s co-founder on bringing open-source AI to life with cute robots 27:58

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Why Hugging Face's new robot is the Seinfeld of AI devices 30:45

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Is SaaS on its way out? The future belongs to agents, according to Narada AI's CEO 25:29

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Why Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay for content 29:31