Why do people keep giving Adam Neumann money? And other TechCrunch news

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Podcast where you’ll hear everything you need to know about the week’s top stories in tech from the people who wrote them. This week our host, Managing Editor Darrell Etherington, talks with Natasha Mascarenhas about the ongoing tech layoffs, Anita Ramaswamy about WeWork founder Adam Neumann moving into the crypto space with backing from a16z, And Devin Caldewey about AI-generated images. Plus a rundown of the week’s top news on TechCrunch.

Articles from the episode:

• A third straight week of tech layoffs in the books
• Latch, a proptech meets SaaS play, conducts two consecutive weeks of layoffs
• Adam Neumann’s blockchain-based redemption story now sponsored by a16z
• OpenAI: Look at our awesome image generator! Google: Hold my Shiba Inu

Other news from the week:

• It’s official: Broadcom to acquire VMware in massive $61B deal
• Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter’s board
• Twitter investors sue Elon Musk over acquisition shenanigans

Extras:

• Hana Mohan’s Twitter thread on the YC advice to founders
• Hana Mohan’s episode of Found
• Equity’s episode: We think founders need a quick Heart to Heart about the market

Credits: The TechCrunch Podcast is produced by Maggie Stamets, hosted by Darrell Etherington, and edited by Kell.