Welcome again to Equity, the podcast concerning the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. As promised, I’m taking on Fairness Monday for the start of this yr as Alex is out on paternity depart. Large hugs to his rising household!
We’re beginning the yr with large post-PTO power, as a result of there’s no different means I understand how to do it. Right here’s what we chatted:
- Tesla lacking expectations, Meta doing its let’s-just-acquire-smart-talent factor, and a debut in the S&P 500 that caught my consideration.
- An enormous thought that’s working round over at Matrix. TC’s Paul Sawers appears to be like into how messaging apps may become more interoperable due to an interesting new protocol. To me, this screams the concepts of decentralization from crypto final yr, however with a extra comprehensible pitch. Catch me Slacking you on WhatsApp!
- Lastly, we finish with a glance forward at CES this week. Now we have reporters on the bottom catching the moonshots, and we’ll have updates for you with the complete crew on Friday!
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