

Newcomer Pod
Hi, I'm Eric Newcomer. With this podcast, I dive straight into the heart of the tech industry, interviewing top investors and founders. I’m bringing my sensibility as someone who understands the inside story of Silicon Valley but who is happy to poke and prod as to why the tech world operates like it does. If you want first-person and insider information delivered to your newsletter, subscribe to my podcast at newcomer.co on Substack.
Episodes


The Startup That Crashed Its Own Servers Because of Open Claw

Matt Mahan — "California's Failure Is the Best Ammunition Trump Has Ever Had"

Shardul Shah — "I wired the money before knowing what they were building"

Barry McCardel on Why Everyone Is Copying Palantir’s Playbook (And Getting It Wrong)

Rick Heitzmann: The AI Boom Is Forcing a New IPO Wave

Can Tech Work With Zohran Mamdani? | Julie Samuels

Jeremy Levine on AI Hype, Market Cycles & Playing the Long Game

Keith Rabois and Eric Newcomer's Heated Conversation on Tech, Trump, and Tariffs
The conversation centers on the intersection of technology, politics, and free speech, particularly within the context of the Trump administration. The guest, Keith Rabois, offers insights on topics ranging from tech investments like Ramp and Opendoor to geopolitical issues such as US-China relations and interventionis...

Yoni Rechtman Unfiltered on Trump, AI Roll-Ups & Why VCs Backed the Wrong Side

Tony Fadell Unfiltered on Apple, OpenAI & the Next Big Device

What the AI Boom Means for Databases and Enterprise Software

Katie Benner on Meritocracy, Race, and American Education Reform

2026 Predictions: AI Grammy Winner, OpenAI Buying Pinterest, and MORE
The Newcomer Podcast engages in a speculative discussion about tech predictions for 2026, dissecting forecasts from The Information and investor Fred Wilson. The hosts debate the likelihood of OpenAI acquiring Pinterest, a stock exchange purchasing a prediction market, and Ilya Sutskever selling Safe Superintelligence....

The Tech Quotes That Defined 2025

The Secret to Raising $9B

IF NETFLIX WINS WITH WARNER BROS... They’ll STILL Lose to YouTube

OF COURSE, Trump’s AI Czar David Sacks Has ALSO Invested In AI

Inside the Sex Cult That Fooled Silicon Valley

Reid Hoffman on Epstein, Elon Musk, and why AI is NOT a Bubble
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