The hardware world had a brutal week, with iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filing for bankruptcy.
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.
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
00:24 – AI slop is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year
06:07 – Amazon’s $10 billion OpenAI investment
10:43 – Databricks raises $10 billion in a Series L
14:14 – Coursera acquires Udemy
19:17 – Hardware bankruptcies: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes
26:21 – Trump’s AI executive order targets state regulation
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