{"id":77377,"date":"2025-04-11T14:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/spy-games-in-hr-tech-inside-ripplings-wild-lawsuit-against-deel\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T14:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:44:06","slug":"spy-games-in-hr-tech-inside-ripplings-wild-lawsuit-against-deel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/spy-games-in-hr-tech-inside-ripplings-wild-lawsuit-against-deel\/","title":{"rendered":"Spy games in HR tech: Inside Rippling\u2019s wild lawsuit against Deel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rippling\u2019s latest lawsuit (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/17\/rippling-sues-deel-deel-denies-all-legal-wrongdoing-and-slack-is-the-main-witness\/<\/a>) reads less like a legal filing and more like the plot of a corporate espionage thriller, complete with secret crypto payments, an alleged mole, and a fake Slack channel trap.<\/p>\n

This week, the HR tech startup publicly named the employee at the center of its case (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/04\/02\/the-affidavit-of-a-rippling-employee-caught-spying-for-deel-reads-like-a-movie\/<\/a>) against its rival Deel, claiming the company paid him thousands to spy from the inside. Deel, however, is not staying quiet. The company is denying the claims, calling it a dramatic distraction from Rippling\u2019s own legal troubles.<\/p>\n

Today, on TechCrunch\u2019s Equity (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/<\/a>) podcast, hosts Max Zeff and Anthony Ha are catching us up on the week\u2019s headlines, including a breakdown of how this saga between two HR tech giants escalated from business rivalry to accusations of racketeering, and why, according to Max, smashing the phone you use for corporate espionage with an ax at your mother-in-law’s house is \u201cthe oldest trick in the book.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to the full episode to hear about:<\/p>\n

\u2022 The startup that\u2019s gamifying the tax filing process (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/04\/01\/an-accounting-startup-has-turned-tax-preparations-into-a-pokemon-showdown-game\/<\/a>) , and the copyright questions that continue to rise<\/p>\n

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\n Circle\u2019s IPO (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/04\/02\/stablecoin-issuer-circle-takes-another-stab-at-a-public-listing\/<\/a>) and what the move could signal for others in the crypto space.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The latest in the AI race \u2014 from OpenAI\u2019s record-breaking raise (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/31\/openai-raises-40b-at-300b-post-money-valuation\/<\/a>) and GPU meltdowns (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/04\/01\/sam-altman-says-that-openais-capacity-issues-will-cause-product-delays\/<\/a>) to Anthropic\u2019s \u00a0AI chatbot plan for colleges (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/04\/02\/anthropic-launches-an-ai-chatbot-tier-for-colleges-and-universities\/<\/a>) and Google\u2019s Gemini leadership shakeup (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/04\/03\/google-is-shipping-gemini-models-faster-than-its-ai-safety-reports\/<\/a>) .<\/p>\n

Equity will be back next week, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n

Equity is TechCrunch\u2019s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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