The hardware world had a brutal week, with iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filing for bankruptcy. <\/p>\n
Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Anthony Ha, Rebecca Bellan, and Sean O’Kane discuss what went wrong for three once-promising hardware companies, plus Amazon’s massive OpenAI bet and Trump’s new approach to AI regulation. <\/p>\n
Chapters: <\/p>\n
00:00 – Introduction <\/p>\n
00:24 – AI slop is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year <\/p>\n
06:07 – Amazon’s $10 billion OpenAI investment <\/p>\n
10:43 – Databricks raises $10 billion in a Series L <\/p>\n
14:14 – Coursera acquires Udemy <\/p>\n
19:17 – Hardware bankruptcies: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes <\/p>\n
26:21 – Trump’s AI executive order targets state regulation <\/p>\n
Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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