Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the

numbers and the nuance behind the headlines.

My name is Alex and this is our Wednesday show where we sit down with a guest or a topic and think deeply about what is going on,

and today we are going to do something a little bit different.

I have jagund and press ganged Rebecca Belan for the Tech Ranch team to come onto the podcast

to talk to me about Google and antitrust.

Now, this may not sound like a startup topic at heart, but it absolutely is because the case

before us will set the tone for what Google can and cannot do and it will tell us how much

competitive space the market will retain in key areas that startups may want to play in.

Essentially, can the big companies use their heft to maintain dominance or do we have to let the little guy get a crack of things?

That's what I think is at play and now I'll learn how close or far from that I am.

Rebecca, hi welcome to the show.

Hey Alex, thanks.

Wow, what an intro.

How you doing?

You ever have like a Tuesday that feels like a Friday, and then suddenly you realize that it's

like almost done with November and that means it's essentially January?

That hate me today.

I keep waking up and thinking, oh my God, I can't believe it's mid-November or

mid-wherever we are and it's like how did we get here? Yeah my spouse last night was

like Thanksgiving is next week and I was like no it's not and she was like yes it is

and so I looked it up I'm like like, oh, yes, okay, well, I guess I'll make roles.

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