<p id="speakable-summary" class="has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph">While the AI fundraising machine <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/03/alphabets-record-breaking-85b-raise-for-googles-ai-business-is-a-helluva-good-signal/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">keeps breaking its own records</a>, some founders are building in the other direction. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mirror founder Brynn Putnam just raised money for <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/board-the-new-game-startup-from-mirror-founder-brynn-putnam-raises-20m-has-already-sold-thousands/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Board</a>, a startup focused on bringing people together through in-person games and social experiences. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/cyberdeck-tiktok-trend-reject-big-tech/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cyberdeck creators are going viral</a> crafting whimsical DIY computers that literally encourage users to touch grass. Unlike the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/duckduckgo-makes-its-no-ai-search-engine-easier-to-access-as-its-traffic-booms/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AI-free browser crowd</a>, this doesn’t just feel like backlash, but also people genuinely gravitating toward things that feel a little more human. </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 dig into the week’s headlines, from the “together tech” wave to what Anthropic’s confidential IPO filing means against the backdrop of Alphabet’s $80 billion AI raise, and whether the money is all flowing back to the big guys anyway. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Listen to the full episode to hear: </p>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item">Why ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/zigging-when-most-are-zagging-ex-meta-cto-raises-250m-climate-fund/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">raised $250 million for climate tech specifically</a>, at a moment when almost nobody else is </li>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item">How rocket engine startup <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/rocket-engine-startup-impulse-raises-500-million-to-hire-people-not-ai/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Impulse raised $500 million</a> — and is loudly emphasizing that those funds will be spent on people, not AI </li>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item"><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/anthropic-files-to-go-public/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A look inside Anthropic’s S-1</a>, and what the team is looking forward to once we can finally compare the AI labs’ financials </li>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item">What <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/31/this-weekends-two-biggest-movies-were-both-directed-by-youtubers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">two YouTube directors cracking the box office</a> tells us about creator economy power </li>
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