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Aloe Blacc’s fame means nothing in biotech (and that’s the point) | Equity Podcast

When Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc got COVID despite being vaccinated and boosted, he tried to fund research for a better solution and quickly ran into a hard truth about biotech: you can’t just write a check and move science forward. Regulatory requirements, commercialization plans, and university IP rules mean even well-intentioned philanthropy doesn’t easily translate…

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When Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc got COVID despite being vaccinated and boosted, he tried to fund research for a better solution and quickly ran into a hard truth about biotech: you can’t just write a check and move science forward. Regulatory requirements, commercialization plans, and university IP rules mean even well-intentioned philanthropy doesn’t easily translate into clinical progress.

Now? Aloe is bootstrapping a cancer drug platform targeting pancreatic cancer and deliberately waiting to raise outside capital until peer-reviewed research can make the case for him.

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Aloe Blacc to talk about what happens when a creator steps into biotech, how AI is reshaping both drug discovery and music, and who actually stands to win in each industry’s transformation.

Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:20 From musician to biotech founder

05:15 How COVID led to cancer research and PeptoID

08:00 Funding strategy and waiting for the right moment

11:00 AI’s role in drug discovery

15:20 AI is reshaping the music industry

18:40 Should artists get paid when AI trains on their work?

22:40 Using Suno to prototype music

26:55 Outro

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Siri’s New Look Is BRIGHT (What to Expect at WWDC26)

Recent reports offer clues about Siri’s new look and features. CNET’s Bridget Carey looks into what Apple may reveal at its big developers conference on June 8. 0:00 Changes are coming to Siri 0:14 WWDC begins June 8 0:26 Here comes a more personal Siri 0:36 Google Gemini and the new Siri 0:57 Siri’s new…

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Recent reports offer clues about Siri’s new look and features. CNET’s Bridget Carey looks into what Apple may reveal at its big developers conference on June 8.

0:00 Changes are coming to Siri
0:14 WWDC begins June 8
0:26 Here comes a more personal Siri
0:36 Google Gemini and the new Siri
0:57 Siri’s new look
1:10 iPhone dark mode vs light mode
1:29 Will we like Siri’s new design?
1:49 Siri could be like a chat bot
2:22 A new app for Siri
2:37 Siri and natural language shortcuts
2:50 Custom wallpapers could be coming with Apple Intelligence
3:10 Grammar check updates in iOS
3:26 Apple Playground and Weather updates
3:33 Changing the iPhone Camera app
4:08 Set a default AI model
4:28 Apple Watch updates
4:44 New Apple TV accessibility features
4:55 Tim Cook’s final WWDC as Apple CEO
5:09 What do you want from Siri?

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Runway and Holy Water: Two AI Video Companies Trying to Upend Entertainment | StrictlyVC Athens 2026

Runway began within art school, with a sparse network and little investor insight into AI video. HolyWater Tech started in Kyiv with no venture capital, and a mandate to be profitable from day one. Seven years later, both have succeeded in disrupting, and putting some level of fear in, creative industries worldwide. At this StrictlyVC…

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Runway began within art school, with a sparse network and little investor insight into AI video. HolyWater Tech started in Kyiv with no venture capital, and a mandate to be profitable from day one.

Seven years later, both have succeeded in disrupting, and putting some level of fear in, creative industries worldwide. At this StrictlyVC Athens 2026 discussion, host and TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos brought both on stage to get the inside story of how these two breakout companies actually broke out.

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Anastasis Germanidis: Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Runway
Anatolii Kasianov: Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Holy Water Tech

Recorded live at StrictlyVC Athens 2026, presented in partnership with Endeavor Greece.

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How to Know Your Idea is Legit: Validation, Failure & Shipping What Sticks | StrictlyVC Athens 2026

Before you build, how do you know anyone actually wants what you’re making? Journalist Ilyana Magra leads an honest conversation at StrictlyVC Athens 2026 with two founders about the messy path from idea to product to real adoption. Each explore the ideas they abandoned, the features they had to walk back, and the frameworks that…

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Before you build, how do you know anyone actually wants what you’re making? Journalist Ilyana Magra leads an honest conversation at StrictlyVC Athens 2026 with two founders about the messy path from idea to product to real adoption. Each explore the ideas they abandoned, the features they had to walk back, and the frameworks that actually helped lead to success.

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Victoria Toli: Co-Founder and President, Finney
Johannes Galatsanos: Co-Founder and CEO, Diffraqtion

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