Walter Thompson

Senior Editor

Senior Editor Walter Thompson manages Extra Crunch and TechCrunch’s guest post program.

Previously, he worked at a number of startups in various roles and as City Editor of Hoodline. He is the host of The Golden City, a podcast about San Francisco.

The Latest from Walter Thompson

Extra Crunch roundup: 2 VC surveys, Tesla’s melt up, The Roblox Gambit, more

Jan 08, 2021 Walter Thompson

Thanks very much for reading Extra Crunch this week. I hope we can all look forward to a nice, boring weekend with no breaking news alerts.

Extra Crunch’s top 10 stories of 2020

Dec 31, 2020 Walter Thompson

I've tried to gather a sample of stories that taught me something new (which means this top 10 list betrays my ignorance).

Extra Crunch roundup: ‘Nightmare’ security breach, Poshmark’s IPO, crypto boom, more

Dec 18, 2020 Walter Thompson

The rest of the world may be slowing down as we prepare for Christmas and New Year's, but we are not taking our foot off the gas.

Extra Crunch roundup: A fistful of IPOs, Affirm’s Peloton problem, Zoom Apps and more

Nov 20, 2020 Walter Thompson

DoorDash, Affirm, Roblox, Airbnb, C3.ai and Wish all filed to go public in recent days, which means some venture capitalists are having the best week of their lives. Tech companies that go public capt

Extra Crunch roundup: Inside DoorDash’s IPO, first-person founder stories, the latest in fintech VC and more

Nov 13, 2020 Walter Thompson

One of my favorite series of Monty Python sketches is built around the concept of surprise: Chapman: I didn’t expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition. [JARRING CHORD] [Three cardinals burst in] Ca

Extra Crunch roundup: B2B marketplaces, edtech M&A, breaking into the $1M ARR club

Nov 06, 2020 Walter Thompson

I’ve worked at TechCrunch for a little over a year, but this was one of the hardest weeks on the job so far. Like many people, I’ve been distracted in recent days. As I write this, I have

Extra Crunch Friday roundup: Edtech funding surges, Poland VC survey, inside Shift’s SPAC plan, more

Sep 11, 2020 Walter Thompson

A look back at Extra Crunch's top stories over the last few days.

Four views: How will the work visa ban affect tech and which changes will last?

Jun 28, 2020 Walter Thompson Danny Crichton Zack Whittaker Alex Wilhelm Natasha Mascarenhas

Four TechCrunch staffers discuss the potential impacts of the government's decision to halt all new work visas through the end of the year.

Four perspectives: Will Apple trim App Store fees?

Jun 25, 2020 Devin Coldewey Sarah Perez Darrell Etherington Walter Thompson Lucas Matney

The fact that Apple takes a 30% cut of subscriptions purchased via the App Store isn’t news. But since the company threatened to boot email app Hey from the platform last week unless its develop

Trump’s worker visa ban will hit Silicon Valley hard

Jun 23, 2020 Walter Thompson

"This would be a blow to very early-stage tech companies trying to get off the ground."

‘Thinking out loud’ with TechCrunch senior editor Alex Wilhelm

Mar 06, 2020 Walter Thompson Alex Wilhelm

"TechCrunch as an organization is now doing three things at once. We've always done news and events. And now we're doing something a little bit different at the same time."

Submit a guest column to Extra Crunch (and TechCrunch)

Nov 20, 2019 Walter Thompson Eric Eldon

We're changing how guest columns work here at TechCrunch, with the goal of publishing more about key topics for our startup founder audience.