{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66fea8f4a7d676ab06c897fe/67067dc2ed8ff5205e366a42?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"VCs offering refunds; employees give up on equity","description":"<p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:00 - Hello!</p><p>00:27 - Tech imposes consequences</p><p>01:58 - Upwork gets hit by AI</p><p>03:56 - Layoffs in the video games industry</p><p>08:16 - Employees giving up on startup equity</p><p>11:37 - AI for job search is... bad?</p><p>13:15 - Venture capital firms offering refunds</p><p>15:52 - Women in tech sounding an alarm</p><p>17:34 - You should listen to this podcast</p><p>19:11 - Bye!</p><p><br></p><p>Relevant links:</p><p>https://x.com/varadhjain/status/1843080099916313056/photo/1</p><p>https://x.com/emollick/status/1841929292021956712</p><p>https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4527336</p><p>https://x.com/ballmatthew/status/1843351557712293944</p><p>https://www.matthewball.co/all/gaming2024</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7249138994670645250/</p><p>https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/1842712127556956230</p><p>https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/technology/crv-vc-fund-returning-money.html</p><p>https://www.theinformation.com/articles/why-women-in-tech-are-sounding-an-alarm</p><p>https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/07/vc-firm-nfx-laid-off-4-employees-and-plans-to-hire-more-investors/</p><p>https://www.theverge.com/24260181/rabbit-r1-large-action-model-lam-playground-generative-ai-jesse-lyu-interview-users</p>","author_name":"Sherveen Mashayekhi"}