<p id="speakable-summary" class="has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph">When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/kentucky-woman-rejects-26-million-offer-to-turn-her-farm-into-a-data-center/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">offered $26 million</a> from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is starting to push back. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That tension is everywhere this week, from <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/openais-sora-was-the-creepiest-app-on-your-phone-now-its-shutting-down/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">OpenAI shutting down its Sora app</a> to courts finally starting to hold social platforms accountable. 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 what it looks like when the AI hype cycle meets reality. </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">Why rival prediction market CEOs of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/23/despite-bitter-rivalry-kalshi-polymarket-ceos-back-35m-predictions-markets-vc-fund/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kalshi and Polymarket are co-investing</a> in a $35M VC fund </li>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item">How drone startups like <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/23/zipline-snaps-up-another-200m-to-fuel-its-drone-delivery-expansion/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Zipline</a>, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/lucid-bots-raises-20m-to-keep-up-with-demand-for-its-window-washing-drones/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lucid Bots</a>, and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/a-former-thiel-fellows-startup-just-launched-a-drone-it-says-can-replace-police-helicopters/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brinc</a> are finding real traction where other robotics plays have stalled </li>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item">What <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/with-3-5b-in-fresh-capital-kleiner-perkins-is-going-all-in-on-ai/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kleiner Perkins’ $3.5B raise</a> says about where the biggest VC firms think the next AI wave is going </li>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item">Why two separate <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/jury-finds-meta-and-youtube-negligent-in-landmark-social-media-addiction-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">court verdicts against Meta </a>in the same week could be the “tobacco moment” for social media </li>
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