{"id":3095239,"date":"2026-02-20T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?post_type=tc_video&#038;p=3095239"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:55:08","slug":"the-creator-economys-ad-revenue-problem-and-indias-ai-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"tc_video","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/the-creator-economys-ad-revenue-problem-and-indias-ai-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"The creator economy&#8217;s ad revenue problem and India&#8217;s AI ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div id='jwppp-video-box-30952391' class='jwppp-video-box' itemprop='video' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject' data-video='1' style=\"margin: 1rem 0;\">\n<meta itemprop='name' content='The creator economy&#039;s ad revenue problem and India&#039;s AI ambitions | Equity Podcast'\/>\n<meta itemprop='description' content='The creator economy is evolving fast, and ad revenue alone isn&#039;t cutting it anymore. 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Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:48 Upcoming TechCrunch events: Startup Battlefield 200 and Founders Summit Boston 03:06 Date Drop raises millions to fix college dating 09:25 Heron Power raises $140M for solid-state transformers 14:13 Inside India&#039;s AI Impact Summit 19:44 India&#039;s first AI IPO flops on public markets 22:19 MrBeast buys fintech startup Step and the evolving creator economy 27:14 ByteDance&#039;s Seadance 2.0 30:59 Outro Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. 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