{"podcast":{"title":"Equity","slug":"equity-55848","podcast_index_feed_id":55848,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/YFL6537156961","website_url":"https://techcrunch.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7f647576-b0d4-11ef-ad77-1356cd002e92/image/c517eaa8f9b86d18ff98a18dec7a5178.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"TechCrunch","episode_count":791,"summary":"The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital. Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time chart and No.32 for the Top 100 Business News All time chart.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T06:20:32.412004+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848"},"episode":{"title":"The DOJ is investigating a16z. What does this mean for venture capital?","slug":"the-doj-is-investigating-a16z-what-does-this-mean-for-venture-capital","published_at":"2026-08-21T15:21:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848/the-doj-is-investigating-a16z-what-does-this-mean-for-venture-capital","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TCML7976667224.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TCML7976667224.mp3","summary":"Andreessen Horowitz has two partners sitting on the boards of companies that now compete with each other: Ben Horowitz at Databricks and Martin Casado at Fivetran. Nothing too scandalous on the surface, except the Department of Justice has reportedly been investigating the arrangement for almost a year, dusting off a 112-year-old antitrust law that's rarely used against VCs.  Board conflicts aren't exactly new, and these companies weren't necessarily direct competitors when a16z first invested in them. But as portfolio companies expand into each other's markets, the DOJ's scrutiny raises a much bigger question for venture firms: How do you manage board seats when the boundaries between your portfolio companies keep moving?  On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O'Kane dig into the a16z probe, what it could mean for VCs, and more of the week’s headlines.  Listen to the full episode to hear more about:  Why Stripe paid $7.5 billion for AI model router OpenRouter, and why the “singularity” isn't the real reason  What happens to the AI companies caught in the middle as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia pull further ahead  Why Rivian spinout Also just raised $150 million to make a bigger bet on autonomous vehicles  Uber’s newest delivery partnership with drone company Zipline, and what it means for the other autonomous startups betting their futures on Uber  Whether we've reached peak valuation for AI dictation apps after Wispr's $280 million raise at a $2 billion valuation  Subsc…","meta_description":"Andreessen Horowitz has two partners sitting on the boards of companies that now compete with each other: Ben Horowitz at Databricks and Martin Casad…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2432,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/equity-55848/episodes/the-doj-is-investigating-a16z-what-does-this-mean-for-venture-capital/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848/the-doj-is-investigating-a16z-what-does-this-mean-for-venture-capital.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}