Alex Wilhelm

Senior Reporter, TechCrunch

Alex Wilhelm was a senior reporter for TechCrunch covering the markets, venture capital and startups. He was also the founding host of TechCrunch’s Webby Award-winning podcast Equity.

Alex Wilhelm

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Startups

Acquisitions are heating up, and Mercury eyes the fintech crown
Mary Ann Azevedo

Kirsten Korosec

Alex Wilhelm

May 10, 2024 31 Min
AI

TechCrunch Minute: OpenAI will soon ask to use your content as training data
Alex Wilhelm

May 9, 2024

Startups

Can AI help founders fundraise more quickly and easily?
Alex Wilhelm

May 8, 2024
Hardware

TechCrunch Minute: When did iPads get as expensive as MacBooks?
Alex Wilhelm

May 8, 2024
Startups

$450M for Noname, two billion-dollar rounds, and good news for crypto startups
Alex Wilhelm

Haje Jan Kamps

May 8, 2024 16 Min
AI

TechCrunch Minute: Audible deploys AI-narrated audiobooks. Can it replace the human touch?
Alex Wilhelm

May 7, 2024

Venture

TechCrunch Minute: Newchip, Techstars and what happens when startup accelerators fail
Alex Wilhelm

May 6, 2024
Startups

Dorsey leaves Bluesky, tech giants do more with less, and the next IPO
Alex Wilhelm

May 6, 2024 11 Min
Media & Entertainment

TechCrunch Minute: Spotify’s move to paywall lyrics is putting pressure on free users
Alex Wilhelm

May 3, 2024
Venture

Inside TC’s Techstars investigation and how AI is accelerating disability tech
Alex Wilhelm

Theresa Loconsolo

Mary Ann Azevedo

Kirsten Korosec

Dominic-Madori Davis

May 3, 2024 34 Min

Crypto

TechCrunch Minute: Where CZ’s sentencing leaves the state of crypto
Alex Wilhelm

May 2, 2024
Hardware

TechCrunch Minute: Razer’s Zephyr mask lands it in regulatory hot water
Alex Wilhelm

May 1, 2024
Featured

A new venture capital supergroup is forming
Alex Wilhelm

Theresa Loconsolo

May 1, 2024 10 Min
AI

TechCrunch Minute: OpenAI’s media deal rush continues with FT deal
Alex Wilhelm

Apr 30, 2024

AI

Musk’s xAI shows there’s more money on the sidelines for AI startups
Alex Wilhelm

Theresa Loconsolo

Apr 29, 2024 13 Min
Featured

The IBM-HashiCorp coupling could be more complicated than it seems
Ron Miller

Alex Wilhelm

Apr 26, 2024
Featured

Good news for Rubrik, bad news for TikTok and medium news for early-stage startups
Alex Wilhelm

Mary Ann Azevedo

Theresa Loconsolo

Apr 26, 2024 27 Min
Startups

Rubrik’s shares end trading up almost 16% on the company’s public debut
Rebecca Szkutak

Alex Wilhelm

Apr 25, 2024

AI

TechCrunch Minute: Perplexity AI could be worth up to $3B. Here’s why
Alex Wilhelm

Apr 24, 2024
AI

The TikTok ban clears key hurdle while Perplexity AI continues to shake up search
Alex Wilhelm

Theresa Loconsolo

Apr 24, 2024 12 Min
Startups

TechCrunch Minute: How HeadSpin’s founder fraudster almost got away with lying to investors
Alex Wilhelm

Apr 23, 2024
Transportation

TechCrunch Minute: Tesla’s Cybertruck recall, layoffs set the stage for its Q1 earnings
Alex Wilhelm

Apr 22, 2024

Startups

Salesforce’s silly deal dies, Rubrik’s IPO, and venture capital in space
Alex Wilhelm

Theresa Loconsolo

Apr 22, 2024 13 Min
Featured

Wall Street doesn’t seem too keen on a potential Salesforce-Informatica pairing
Alex Wilhelm

Ron Miller

Apr 19, 2024
AI

TechCrunch Minute: Meta’s new Llama 3 models give open source AI a boost
Alex Wilhelm

Apr 19, 2024
Startups

Tesla’s newsy week, and is fintech having a moment?
Alex Wilhelm

Mary Ann Azevedo

Kirsten Korosec

Theresa Loconsolo

Apr 19, 2024 31 Min

Startups

Ibotta’s IPO opens sharply higher, hinting at warming public-market interest in tech shares
Alex Wilhelm

Apr 18, 2024
Space

TechCrunch Minute: NASA needs your help to bring rocks back from Mars
Alex Wilhelm

Apr 18, 2024
Robotics

TechCrunch Minute: New Atlas robot stuns experts in first reveal from Boston Dynamics
Alex Wilhelm

Apr 17, 2024
Venture

Andreessen Horowitz’s $7.2B new funds for a ‘new era’
Alex Wilhelm

Theresa Loconsolo

Apr 17, 2024 10 Min