We’re talking about the week’s biggest startup and tech news with Mary Ann, Becca, and Alex. 
Here&#8217;s what we got into:
<ul>
<li>What happened to WeWork? As the shared office space company <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/31/wework-reportedly-on-the-verge-of-filing-bankruptcy-stock-plummets/">struggles to stay alive</a>, we <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/01/dont-be-surprised-if-wework-files-for-bankruptcy/">had a lot to say</a>.</li>
<li>Deals of the Week: Mary Ann wanted to chat <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/31/charlie-which-provides-banking-services-to-seniors-secures-23-million-in-capital-six-months-after-launching/">about Charlie</a>, which is building a neobank for seniors; Alex wanted to talk about <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/31/new-nonprofit-backed-by-crypto-billionaire-scores-ai-chips-worth-500m/">an interesting non-profit-ish model</a> to get startups and others access to H100s; Becca brought <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/31/egyptian-healthtech-almouneer-raises-3-6m-to-scale-its-platform-for-treating-diabetes-and-obesity/">Almouneer to the table</a>, an interesting healthtech play in the Middle East.</li>
<li>From there we dug into massive fintech rounds, which are seemingly back. For more, you can read up <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/31/brazils-qi-tech-which-wants-to-decentralize-credit-away-from-banks-lands-200m-led-by-general-atlantic/">on QI Tech</a>, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/31/buy-now-pay-later-platform-tabby-nabs-200m-in-series-d-funding-at-1-5b-valuation/">Tabby</a>, and <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/01/allstate-allianz-invest-265-million-in-next-insurance.html">Next Insurance</a>.</li>
<li>And, finally, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/30/founder-breakups-startups/">what to do when founding teams break up</a>? <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/01/founders-its-never-too-early-to-start-planning-for-your-succession/">Becca has notes</a>.</li>
</ul>
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WeWork

We’re talking about the week’s biggest startup and tech news with Mary Ann, Becca, and Alex.  Here&#8217;s what we got into: What happened to WeWork? As the shared office space company struggles to stay alive, we had a lot to say. Deals of the Week: Mary Ann wanted to chat about Charlie, which is building [&hellip;]

Equity TechCrunch Episode #747

'Buy now, pay later' is just another way of saying 'debt'