The Cerebral Valley AI Summit is back. So Eric, Max, and James are taking stock of where the industry is headed before... more
In this second installment of the Cerebral Valley podcast series, co-hosts James Wilsterman and Max Child of Volley join Eric... more
The Cerebral Valley AI Summit is right around the corner! To help you navigate the fast-evolving AI landscape ahead of... more
We're welcoming Bloomberg's Kate Clark to the show this week and diving into her reporting on the rough fundraising environment... more
In this special episode, we feature two interviews recorded live during Newcomer’s Breaking the Bank Summit, a financial technology summit... more
Eric relays his dispatch from Dimension Capital’s biotech summit in Park City, where the crowd was much more academic than... more
How does the AI gold rush look from the helm of a $40-billion software giant? Salesforce co-founder, chair, and CEO Marc... more
This week, we kick off by discussing Ben Smith’s bombshell post ”The group chats that changed America,” that exposed the... more
We’re back to opining on the state of tech media! A16z has aqui-hired Erik Torenberg and his newsletter Turpentine, while... more
This week, Tom breaks down his scoops on how the big foundation model providers are doing.and much to the chagrin... more
We're welcoming special guest Tom Dotan of Dead Cat fame to the show this week — just in time for the tariff market meltdown.... more
OpenAI has done it again. The AI giant closed $40 billion in fresh funding (kind of) led by Softbank, We... more
This week, Eric shared the details of his vibe coding frenzy from the past few weeks, testing out Vercel and... more
We're opening in a celebratory mood this week with Wiz's big exit to Google, which if it holds will offer... more
We’re recording this episode on the ground from two different tech conferences, the flashy new HumanX summit in Las Vegas... more
In this episode of the Newcomer Podcast, Eric and Madeline dissect why VCs are mad about Trump’s plans for a... more
Eric and Madeline break down the week that was in AI news in this episode of The Newcomer Podcast, from the unnecessary... more
In this episode of the Newcomer Podcast, Eric and Madeline give a sendoff to the Humane and its AI Pin.... more
Eric and Madeline unpack the biggest “deal that wasn’t” story of Elon Musk’s unsolicited offer to purchase OpenAI for $97.4... more
In this episode of the Newcomer podcast, Eric Newcomer and Madeline Renbarger dig into all of the chaos in Washington... more
In this episode, Eric Newcomer and Madeline Renbarger break down DeepSeek’s impact on western AI companies. Is it really the “AI Sputnik Moment” that... more
"In this episode of The Newcomer Podcast, Eric Newcomer and Madeline Renbarger unpack how tech elites are reacting to the early days of the Trump... more
In this jam-packed episode, Eric and Madeline break down Biden’s surprise crackdown on the “Tech Industrial Complex,” explore Trump’s tight... more
Waymo’s milestone — surpassing Lyft’s ride numbers in San Francisco — takes center stage in our first podcast of the... more
The ServiceTitan IPO has been an unexpected bright spot as 2024 comes to a close.On this year’s final episode of... more
After a brief hiatus, the Newcomer podcast is back! Madeline Renbarger has rejoined me as my co-host to help break... more
I’ve been spending some of the afternoon chatting with OpenAI’s now fully released o1. So far, I don’t know that... more
If you get some downtime over the Thanksgiving holiday, catch up on everything that happened at the Cerebral Valley AI... more
Cerebral Valley is tomorrow! I’ve been listening to old interviews, brainstorming with Claude and ChatGPT, and talking to investors to... more
This is probably my favorite episode of the year. We just updated our picks for our artificial intelligence startup fantasy... more
We’re back with a couple episodes of the Cerebral Valley Podcast leading up to our summit on November 20. I’m... more
"In this episode of The Newcomer Podcast, Eric Newcomer and Madeline Renbarger unpack how tech elites are reacting to the early days of the Trump presidency. They... more