Members of the crypto community expressed conflicting views of the memecoin surge, with some celebrating the market’s rise and others calling it a regression. The memecoin sector surged to $72 billion in July, up 29% from a $55 billion market cap on June 30. Behind the rally was a mix of memecoin presale hype, community…
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said the market got it wrong when it comes to DeepSeek’s technological advancements and its potential to negatively impact the chipmaker’s business. Instead, Huang called DeepSeek’s R1 open source reasoning model “incredibly exciting” while speaking with Alex Bouzari, CEO of DataDirect Networks, in a pre-recorded interview that was released…
Welcome back to another recap of Equity, TechCrunch’s flagship podcast about the business of startups. This episode is packed with deals, antitrust musings, AI and more. To kick things off, Kirsten walked us through Elon Musk’s recent declaration of his intent to move both SpaceX and X’s headquarters out of California to Texas. Whether or…