The Liquidity Event Podcast: Episode 26

Episode 26: Microsoft Activates a Blizzard of Competition

On this week’s episode of the Liquidity Event we’ve got like five different stories about Microsoft. The 46-year old tech company recently acquired Activision Blizzard and plans to expand further in the gaming space. Microsoft is also losing its augmented reality talent to Meta (FKA Facebook). Shane is a gamer at heart and you can see the tears of joy in his eyes as he looks at how dope the near future of gaming in the Metaverse could be. AJ is excited about two S-1 filings this week: one for digital media company The Area Group and the other for Turo, the carsharing platform that she’s never actually tried out herself. Our hosts are jacked about a New York Times article on the wildly frothy start-up market, where VC firms are acting like Alphafa in The Little Rascals, desperate for a piece of the pie. Our hosts are sorry for swearing so much.

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Cyber prodigy figures out how to hack Teslas

Microsoft will buy Activision Blizzard for $70 billion

Take-Two will acquire Zynga

Microsoft virtual reality talent is leaving for Facebook

A WILD New York Times article about the current flood of money into start-ups

Airdate: 01/21/22

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