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Is Big Tech buying the AI debate? NY Assemblyman Alex Bores weighs in | Equity Podcast

The Pentagon is playing chicken with Anthropic over who gets to control how the military uses AI while communities across the country are blocking data center construction. As the AI debate has been flattened to “doomers versus boomers,” one state legislator is attempting to walk a middle road. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast,…

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On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Alex Bores, a New York State Assemblymember and candidate for U.S. Congress. Bores sponsored New York’s first-of-its-kind AI safety law the RAISE Act — and quickly became the target of a Silicon Valley lobbying group with $125 million to spend on attack ads.

Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
01:09 – A New York State Assemblymember vs. Silicon Valley
05:02 – The RAISE Act explained: What it actually requires
08:25 – The Leading the Future PAC & why AI companies oppose regulation
10:22 – Public First Action: The pro-regulation PAC
13:19 – The Effective Altruism boogeyman
16:47 – Meta’s $65M spend on Pro-AI and California-focused PACs
18:27 – Will AI regulation look like banking or stay wild like social media?
19:25 – Upcoming bills: Training data disclosure & deepfakes
20:38 – Outro

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The new competition for your cap table | Equity Podcast

The VC middleman is getting cut out faster than anyone expected. Family offices and private wealth firms are going direct: writing checks, taking board seats, even incubating companies from scratch. And more founders are starting to notice. In February alone, family offices made 41 direct investments, including one Midwest-based firm that led a $230 million…

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00:00 Intro

03:13 Why family offices are going direct now

06:03 The gen 2 & gen 3 family office shift

07:22 Is this strategic or just AI FOMO?

10:17 How Arena got into the Positron deal

14:30 Why founders want private wealth on their cap table

18:31 Due diligence on technical companies

21:56 Red flags founders should watch for

25:04 Are VCs threatened by this trend?

27:47 Taking board seats & level of involvement

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