$5B livestream shopping apps, Nvidia reveals, and the weirdest tech at CES

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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As CES 2025 comes to a close, TechCrunch’s Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Margaux MacColl, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff are back on the mic to discuss the week's top news, the tech that caught their eye, and the companies still figuring out AI. Listen to the full episode to hear: What's driving Meta's push for “more speech, fewer mistakes” as it ends its third-party fact-checking program. Livestream shopping app Whatnot's $265M raise, and which companies could be capitalizing on livestream shopping next. Who is Peterson Conway, and why is he defense tech’s wildest power broker? Margaux couldn't wait to give us the inside scoop. Kirsten and Max's full CES review, from robot-arm Roomba competitors to smart glasses, and what Nvidia's Project Digits could mean for future startups. Equity will be back with a new expert interview on Wednesday, so stay tuned! Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here. Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We’d also like to thank our illustrator, Bryce Durbin, and TechCrunch’s audience development team. Thanks so much for listening, and we'll talk to you next time.

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0:00.0	This episode is presented by Invest Puerto Rico.
0:03.4	If you believe your business can go anywhere, Puerto Rico is the place.
0:18.9	Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast about the business of startups.
0:23.8	Today is Friday, January 10th, and happy New Year.
0:26.8	We're back from the holidays.
0:28.2	I'm Marga McCall, joining me as Anthony Ha.
0:30.7	Anthony, what's going on?
0:32.0	What are you reading?
0:32.7	What are you thinking about?
0:34.3	Well, happy New Year, Margo.
0:35.7	Oh, you too.
0:36.5	Happy New Year to all of our listeners.
0:38.7	Unfortunately, I'm from L.A.
0:40.1	originally still have a lot of friends and family there.
0:41.8	So, I mean, that's probably top of mind for me.
0:43.7	So I'm thinking about them.
0:44.6	I'm hoping they're all safe.
0:46.2	I've also, you know, been reading a lot about meta because even though my week at Tech
0:51.7	Crunch is a little weird. Like, equity is actually kind of the start of my week at TechCrunch.
0:54.6	I'm still focused on the weekend.
0:55.9	But this was kind of inescapable.
0:58.0	The fact that Meta made this announcement that they are not going to be supporting third-party fact-check anymore.
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