{"id":206070,"date":"2025-12-27T04:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T04:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/206070\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T04:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T04:18:13","slug":"equitys-2026-predictions-ai-agents-blockbuster-ipos-and-the-future-of-vc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/206070\/","title":{"rendered":"Equity&#8217;s 2026 Predictions: AI Agents, Blockbuster IPOs, and the Future of VC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">TechCrunch\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Equity<\/a>\u00a0crew is bringing 2025 to a close and getting ahead on the year to come with our annual\u00a0predictions\u00a0episode! Hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Rebecca Bellan were joined by Build Mode host\u00a0Isabelle Johannessen\u00a0to dissect the year\u2019s biggest tech developments, from mega AI funding rounds that defied expectations to the rise of \u201cphysical AI,\u201d and make their\u00a0calls for 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group tackled everything from why AI agents\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0live up to the hype in 2025 (but\u00a0probably will\u00a0in 2026), to how Hollywood will push back against AI-generated content, to why VCs are facing a serious liquidity crisis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the full episode to hear:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why world models are the next\u00a0big thing\u00a0in AI\u00a0and how\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0different from large language models\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The death of \u201cstealth mode\u201d\u00a0for AI startups and the rise of alternative funding sources\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Predictions on regulatory chaos\u00a0around AI policy and what Trump\u2019s recent executive order means for startups\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hot takes on IPOs: Will OpenAI and Anthropic actually go public in 2026?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rapid-fire predictions\u00a0including Johnny\u00a0Ive\u00a0and Sam Altman\u2019s inevitable public breakup, the return of dumb phones, and why everyone will be calling themselves \u201cAI native\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s\u00a0coming in Build Mode season 2: A deep dive into team building, hiring, and finding co-founders\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe to Equity on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TechCrunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Overcast<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and all the casts. You\u00a0also can\u00a0follow Equity on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EquityPod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@equitypod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Threads<\/a>, at @EquityPod.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TechCrunch\u2019s\u00a0Equity\u00a0crew is bringing 2025 to a close and getting ahead on the year to come with our annual\u00a0predictions\u00a0episode!&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[115398,9035,345,8904,343,344,32267,85,115397,46,125,997],"class_list":{"0":"post-206070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-2026-predictions","9":"tag-agentic-ai","10":"tag-ai","11":"tag-ai-agents","12":"tag-artificial-intelligence","13":"tag-artificialintelligence","14":"tag-equity-podcast","15":"tag-il","16":"tag-ipo-market","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-technology","19":"tag-venture-capital"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}