Natasha Mascarenhas@nmasc_ /

In Equity, we unpack the numbers behind the headlines in order to understand the business of startup. I will take over Equity Monday at the beginning of the year as Alex is on maternity leave. His family received big hugs.

We are going to start the year with a lot of post-PTO energy because I know how to do it. Here's what we talked about.

  •  Tesla missing expectations, Meta doing its let’s-just-acquire-smart-talent thing, and a debut in the S&P 500 that caught my attention.
  •  A big idea that is running around over at Matrix. TC’s Paul Sawers looks into how messaging apps may become more interoperable thanks to a fascinating new protocol. To me, this screams the ideas of decentralization from crypto last year, but with a more understandable pitch. Catch me Slacking you on WhatsApp!
  •  Finally, we end with a look ahead at CES this week. We have reporters on the ground catching the moonshots, and we’ll have updates for you with the full crew on Friday!

There's more to come. You can keep up with me on social media.

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