Hey, and welcome again to Fairness, a podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. That is our Monday present, the place we dig into the weekend and take a peek on the week that’s to return. We’ll speak extra about it Wednesday, however that is Y Combinator Demo Day week, so anticipate a deluge of startup information.
On the podcast at present we dug into the most recent information from Discord that signifies it’s shifting towards opening its gates for commercials. As I wrote again in 2022, that is the usual observe for tech firms that get huge, even when we don’t adore it as customers. (Simply take a look at YouTube’s advert load, for instance.)
We additionally bought into this super-neat startup spherical regarding trucking, TechCrunch’s newest cybersecurity scoop, which is huge information for AT&T prospects, and even upcoming modifications to the Android podcasting ecosystem that can see YouTube Music acquire much more prominence within Alphabet’s shopper empire. Hit play, and let’s have some enjoyable!
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