Elon and Twitter’s will-they, won’t-they and other TC news

This week Haje Jan Kamps, stepping in for Darrell, talks with Dom Madori-Davis about how conservative VCs are shaping the startup landscape and, by extension, the world. He also talked with Taylor Hatmaker about all things Elon, from his cringey tweets to his most recent flip-flopping on will-he-or-won’t-he buy Twitter. And as always, we’ll catch you up on the tech news you may have missed this week. TechCrunch Disrupt is coming up on October 18-20, live in San Francisco. We’ll be hearing from guests like Dylan Field, Serena Williams, and Kevin Hart. Use code TCPOD all one word to get 15% Off Passes.

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The TechCrunch Podcast wraps this week’s top tech news every Friday with Managing Editor Darrell Etherington and the experts behind the bylines. Meet new reporters from across the TechCrunch newsroom as they help make sense of everything from startups, venture capital, and big tech to AI, apps, and hardware We aim to keep you in the tech news loop every Friday with the TechCrunch Podcast. You can catch up on everything you need to know about the week’s top tech stories by hearing from the people who wrote them. Every episode, Darrell sits down with TechCrunch reporters and editors to take a deep dive into the most interesting stories from in and around the startup ecosystem.