Rippling’s latest lawsuit ( reads less like a legal filing and more like the plot of a corporate espionage thriller, complete with secret crypto payments, an alleged mole, and a fake Slack channel trap.
This week, the HR tech startup publicly named the employee at the center of its case ( against its rival Deel, claiming the company paid him thousands to spy from the inside. Deel, however, is not staying quiet. The company is denying the claims, calling it a dramatic distraction from Rippling’s own legal troubles.
Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity ( podcast, hosts Max Zeff and Anthony Ha are catching us up on the week’s headlines, including a breakdown of how this saga between two HR tech giants escalated from business rivalry to accusations of racketeering, and why, according to Max, smashing the phone you use for corporate espionage with an ax at your mother-in-law's house is “the oldest trick in the book.”
Listen to the full episode to hear about:
• The startup that’s gamifying the tax filing process ( , and the copyright questions that continue to rise
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Circle’s IPO ( and what the move could signal for others in the crypto space.
• The latest in the AI race — from OpenAI’s record-breaking raise ( and GPU meltdowns ( to Anthropic’s AI chatbot plan for colleges ( and Google’s Gemini leadership shakeup ( .
Equity will be back next week, so stay tuned!
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