Elon and Twitter’s will-they, gained’t-they (and different TC information) • TechCrunch

This week on The TechCrunch Podcast we talked with Dom about how conservative VCs are utilizing their {dollars} to form the world, and we spoke with Taylor about how the Musk prepare simply retains on rumbling alongside.

On the subject of billionaires…

“A giant chunk of the dialog that’s lacking is simply that it’s all about cash, and that the economics of all the pieces is what actually drives politics and the motivations of politicians. So simply monitoring how these ultra-conservative multi-billionaires are wielding their cash is simply one thing to shine a lightweight on, as to what the longer term may very well be,” says Dom within the episode. “If the individuals who have all the cash are those shaping the longer term, then the place does that go away the remainder of us, who can’t compete with that?”

And on the subject of Musk…

“Elon Musk is like ‘I’ll purchase Twitter, in any case,’ only a complete about-face. The letter to Twitter has been filed with the SEC. Now, the SEC a giant deal, it may well nice you, it’s a very critical regulatory company. With nearly some other determine in tech, like that will imply it’s a completed deal. You inform the SEC one thing, you must do it,” says Taylor. “But it surely’s Elon Musk, like he doesn’t give a shit in regards to the SEC. He doesn’t care about anybody. He’s wealthy sufficient to not should care.”

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