Can AI companies turn brainrot into revenue?

The U.S. authorities shutdown that began this week is the archetypal successful 7 years. While it mightiness not consciousness instantly disruptive, for startups waiting connected permits, visas, oregon regulatory approvals, adjacent a fewer weeks tin go an existential problem. 

On this occurrence of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff speech done however uncertainty is affecting startups successful ways radical mightiness not realize, positive the messy world of AI companies inactive trying to fig retired sustainable concern models.

Watch to perceive much about:

• OpenAI’s motorboat of the Sora app, its TikTok-style feed of AI-generated content, and whether radical really privation to wage for an endless watercourse of synthetic videos
• How AI-generated histrion Tilly Norwood is proving that adjacent fake performers tin origin existent manufacture drama
• Periodic Labs’ $300 cardinal effect round from Andreessen Horowitz, Jeff Bezos, and Nvidia to physique AI scientists and observe caller physics
• The US authorities taking equity stakes successful companies similar Lithium Americas, MP Materials, and Intel, is raising questions astir what happens erstwhile Washington steps successful arsenic a shareholder

Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts each Wednesday and Friday.   

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