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The DeepSeek Fire Drill
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…
1 year, 2 months ago
Grit vs Grift
"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 pre…
1 year, 2 months ago
Beware the "Tech Industrial Complex"
In this jam-packed episode, Eric and Madeline break down Biden’s surprise crackdown on the “Tech Industrial Complex,” explore Trump’s tight ties with…
1 year, 2 months ago
Waymo’s Next Challenge: Humanity
Waymo’s milestone — surpassing Lyft’s ride numbers in San Francisco — takes center stage in our first podcast of the new year.
Still, it’s not obviou…
1 year, 2 months ago
Is the Tech IPO Window Open?
The ServiceTitan IPO has been an unexpected bright spot as 2024 comes to a close.
On this year’s final episode of the Newcomer Podcast, we discuss wha…
1 year, 3 months ago
Shake-ups at Silicon Valley's Biggest VC Firms
After a brief hiatus, the Newcomer podcast is back!
Madeline Renbarger has rejoined me as my co-host to help break down all of the news across ventur…
1 year, 3 months ago
Has AI Hit a Wall? A Debate from the Cerebral Valley AI Summit
I’ve been spending some of the afternoon chatting with OpenAI’s now fully released o1. So far, I don’t know that it feels like the super intelligent …
1 year, 4 months ago
Listen to Anthropic's Dario Amodei from Cerebral Valley + Videos from on Stage
If you get some downtime over the Thanksgiving holiday, catch up on everything that happened at the Cerebral Valley AI Summit last week.
We’ve got vi…
1 year, 4 months ago
Fear-Mongering & Forecasting: Assessing AI's Predictions About AI
Cerebral Valley is tomorrow! I’ve been listening to old interviews, brainstorming with Claude and ChatGPT, and talking to investors to prep for my co…
1 year, 4 months ago
The AI Startup Fantasy Draft
This is probably my favorite episode of the year. We just updated our picks for our artificial intelligence startup fantasy draft. That means droppin…
1 year, 4 months ago