Why some VCs are pulling back from Europe, Google’s AI push, and who is the CEO of Byju’s?

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🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Equity is back with another Monday morning recap of the weekend and look ahead at the week to come. We're talking through the latest in stocks and crypto, how Google is working to bring Gemini to a host of hardware endpoints, why some venture capitalists are backing out of the European market, Byju's CEO, and more.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Equity, the Tech Ranch Podcast about the business of
0:14.8	startups where we unpack the numbers and the nuance behind the headlines.
0:18.8	This is Alex, good morning. Welcome to our Monday show. Today is February 26th, 2024 and today we're going to take a look back at the weekend and a look ahead at the week that is to come.
0:30.0	Before we do that, however, we did drop a short episode this Saturday on
0:34.4	Reddit's IPO so if you want to know the key numbers there and what caught our
0:38.6	eye we have that for you just go back one episode don't't miss it, it's worth your time.
0:43.4	On the show today, we have stocks, crypto, and earnings, Google bringing AI,
0:48.0	everywhere, American investors pulling back from Europe,
0:51.5	how startup interview
0:52.7	Kick Start rode the AI Wave to a fascinating new round.
0:56.1	And really, who is the CEO of Bijus?
0:59.2	Let's go. Let's start with my favorite thing which means money and that means the stock market.
1:07.0	Over in Asia, stocks are mixed today, though a key Japanese index did reach an all-time high.
1:13.4	Shares are lower over in Europe and they are flat in the US in pre-market trading.
1:19.0	But we do have a very busy earnings week ahead of us,
1:22.3	including a number of SAS companies which often have an offset
1:25.6	fiscal calendar. Anyways, on Monday we are going to hear from Work Day and Zoom,
1:31.3	Unity and Grinder, of that group. I think Unity is going to be the most interesting.
1:36.0	Tuesday brings us coupon, splunk, eBay, clavio, Jamp, rocket lab,
1:42.0	Bumble, compass, lemonade, and Next Door.
1:46.1	Clavio, of course, was a 2023 IPO.
1:49.0	Rocket Lab involved space and Lemonade in Shorteck.
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