logo
episode-header-image
About this episode

 It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for—the winner is announced! In this episode, we get to know the winner of the 2022 Startup Battlefield competition. We’ll hear what’s next for their company and get insight from TechCrunch staff, VCs, and audience members on why they were the right choice.

Be sure to check out all of the other podcasts in the TechCrunch Podcast Network: Found, Equity, The TechCrunch Podcast, Chain Reaction and The TechCrunch Live Podcast.

Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products.

Up next
Yesterday
Is SaaS on its way out? The future belongs to agents, according to Narada AI's CEO
“SaaS is going away,” says Dave Park, co-founder and CEO of Narada AI. The company is betting on a future where AI agents, not humans, navigate enterprise software on our behalf. Today on Equity, Park joins Rebecca Bellan on Equity to talk about the rise of agentic AI, what it ac ... Show More
25m 29s
Jul 3
Why Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay for content
Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay up. The cloud infrastructure provider is launching a new experiment called Pay per Crawl that would let publishers charge AI firms every time their bots scrape a site, and it could reshape how content is accessed and monetized online. Today on ... Show More
28m 1s
Jun 27
Big Tech lands an early win in legal battles against publishers
This week, two major AI companies scored early wins in court, with federal judges siding with Meta and Anthropic in separate lawsuits over how their models were trained on copyrighted material. The decisions represent the first real legal validation of AI companies’ argument that ... Show More
35m 31s
Recommended Episodes
Feb 2023
Bonus Episode: Making the Pitch Perfect
Inside Startup Battlefield is back in our feed with episode two. In the second episode of Inside Startup Battlefield, we take a trip to TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 to hear pitches from the top five companies: Aaron Hall from Intropic Materials, Elizabeth Lawler from App Map, Chad Mas ... Show More
31m 31s
Dec 2020
The Top 3 Stories in Podcasting This Year
Send us a textIn this episode, we discuss the impact the global pandemic has had on podcast creators and listeners, why this year featured more company acquisitions than usual, and why the future is bright for podcast creators with Podcasting 2.0. Join the Buzzsprout Podcast Comm ... Show More
35m 15s
Dec 2019
The Newest Podcast Monetization Platform + Best Podcasts of 2019
Send us a textThis week we offer our take on the RSS expansion discussions, Podcorn's new monetization platform, we review the 2019 Discover Pod Awards winners, and jump into the Customer Support Mailbag with Priscilla. Do you want Priscilla to start a Taylor Swift Podcast? ... Show More
42m 31s
Dec 2023
Bonus: Behind the Scenes of Fintech Insider
On this special bonus episode, Fintech Insider OG and Exec Producer Laura Watkins speaks to the people behind the podcast to find out how the show is made, and look back to some of the best bits from the past year.This week's guests include: Liam Heffernan, Senior Podcast Produce ... Show More
48m 54s
Apr 2021
Special Episode: Introducing CNBC’s TechCheck podcast
Today, CNBC launched its newest daily podcast, TechCheck. Each day, CNBC’s Jon Fortt, Carl Quintanilla and Deirdre Bosa bring you the boldest ideas and most influential names in the tech industry. This bi-coastal program dives deep into stocks focused on new technologies and tren ... Show More
44m 2s
Feb 2021
The Search Begins
Some of the core values that built Google's runaway success — innovative technology to the max, an intellectually playful and open culture, and a corporate aspiration to do good ("Don’t be evil") — set it up for the existential questions it faces today. We examine how two grad st ... Show More
41m 20s
May 2024
#133 PodcastAI: Josh Gets Displaced
We thought it would take years before AI could replace a podcast host. That is, until founder Edward Brawer slid into Josh’s DMs to pitch his startup, PodcastAI. Edward thinks he can make podcast producers 10x more productive and he already signed two big name podcasters. Now can ... Show More
50m 57s
Aug 2019
YouTube Podcast Case Study + How to Measure Success
Send us a textThis week we talk about Apple's new podcast categories (which ones disappeared and which ones they've added, our takeaways from Pat Flynn's new conference "FlynnCon," some behind-the-scenes numbers from our "podcast on YouTube" experiment, and how to ... Show More
40m 55s
Jan 2022
Spotify Adds Ratings + 2022 Podcast Predictions
Send us a textIn this episode, the crew discusses Spotify's new podcast ratings, how to start a successful podcast in 2022, and what we predict will totally happen in the podcasting industry this year. Links from this episode:HTSAP Audio PodcastHTSAP VideoBuzzsprout CourseNe ... Show More
59m 20s
Mar 2022
Bonus: The metaverse is 1% finished
Welcome to a very special bonus edition of Fintech Insider! We’ve been talking a lot about the metaverse recently, so on this bonus episode, we decided to jump in and try it for ourselves. Join hosts David M. Brear and Jason Bates as they don a pair of headsets and dive into the ... Show More
25m 26s