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Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Wednesday, February 9, 2022! I just got a look at the initial run-of-show for Early Stage in April, and it looks wicked good. Also, I’m helping kick off our live podcast tapings tomorrow with the Equity crew. So, you know, swing by and hang out. Bring food and a question; we’re going to have fun! – Alex
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The metaverse cometh for us: The TechCrunch crew has been chewing on the metaverse for a while now, trying to tease out substance from hype, and real possibility from rank speculation. So much so that we even did a whole podcast on the matter. If you are catching up on what Meta is up to along with a host of startups, we have you covered. Also up on the site: three views on whether work or play is the true future of whatever the metaverse becomes from its historical roots in gaming.
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