Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the startup business, where we break down the numbers and nuances behind the headlines. This is our Monday show, where we delve into the weekend and take a look at the week ahead. We’ll talk more about Wednesday, but this is Y Combinator Demo Day week, so expect a flood of startup news.
In today’s podcast we delve into the latest news from Discord indicating that it is moving towards opening its doors to advertising. like me wrote in 2022, this is standard practice for growing tech companies, even if we don’t love it as consumers. (Just look at YouTube’s ad load, for example).
We also got into this super neat starter round Regarding trucking, TechCrunch latest news in cybersecurity which is great news for AT&T customers, and even upcoming changes to the Android podcasting ecosystem That will make YouTube Music gain even more prominence within Alphabet’s consumer empire. Hit play and let’s have fun!
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