Andrew Yang\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign\u00a0was based on a\u00a0warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are all\u00a0saying versions\u00a0of the same thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
An entrepreneur at heart, Yang has found a new way to put money back into the hands of the people\u00a0\u2014\u00a0one phone bill at a time. On this episode of TechCrunch\u2019s\u00a0Equity\u00a0podcast, Rebecca Bellan talks to Yang about\u00a0his\u00a0startup\u00a0Noble Mobile, which pays you to use your phone less, ways to combat the\u00a0\u201cattention economy,\u201d\u00a0and what startups can do when the government\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0move.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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