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<p id="speakable-summary" class="has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph">The Musk v. Altman trial came to a close this week, and the final arguments kept circling back to one question: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/13/who-trusts-sam-altman/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">can we trust the people in charge of AI?</a> All of this is playing out as SpaceX charges toward what could be one of the largest IPOs in American history, with <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/former-tesla-exec-and-heron-power-ceo-drew-baglino-has-founded-a-heat-pump-startup/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a whole generation</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/03/new-deep-tech-fund-wave-function-ventures-raises-15-million/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">of founders</a> already spinning out of the Musk empire. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On this episode of TechCrunch’s <a href="https://techcrunch.com/podcasts/equity/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Equity</a> podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane break down the trial’s closing stretch and what the growing Elon Musk founder ecosystem looks like on the ground, and the other deals that caught our eye this week. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Listen to the full episode to hear about: </p>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item">How <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/13/anduril-raises-5b-doubles-valuation-to-61b/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anduril landed a $5 billion Series H</a>, more than doubling the valuation it landed just under a year ago </li>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item">Why investors just can’t say no to Rivian’s RJ Scaringe, who’s raked in <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/13/rivian-spinoff-mind-robotics-raises-another-400m/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">over $1 billion for spinout Mind Robotics</a> </li>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item">How voice AI startup <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/vapi-hits-500m-valuation-as-amazon-ring-chose-its-ai-platform-over-40-rivals/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vapi beat out over 40 other companies</a> to secure a contract handling all of Ring’s customer support </li>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item">The Anthropic report about why <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/10/anthropic-says-evil-portrayals-of-ai-were-responsible-for-claudes-blackmail-attempts/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AI agents tried to blackmailing</a> its developers, and the debate over whether sci-fi narratives influenced its behavior. </li>
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