Newcomer Pod

The DeepSeek Fire Drill

Grit vs Grift

Beware the "Tech Industrial Complex"

Waymo’s Next Challenge: Humanity

Is the Tech IPO Window Open?

In this episode of the Newcomer podcast, the conversation focuses on the positive changes in the tech industry as it wraps up a challenging year. The successful IPO of ServiceTitan is viewed as a promising sign, likely inspiring other major players like Databricks, Stripe, and Chime to consider going public. The episod...

Shake-ups at Silicon Valley's Biggest VC Firms

Has AI Hit a Wall? A Debate from the Cerebral Valley AI Summit

In this episode of the Cerebral Valley AI Summit podcast, we dive into the latest discussions on AI advancements and their potential challenges. A key topic was whether AI model development has reached a "wall." Experts like Alexandr Wang from Scale AI pointed to a pre-training wall, while Dario Amodei from Anthropic e...

Listen to Anthropic's Dario Amodei from Cerebral Valley + Videos from on Stage

Fear-Mongering & Forecasting: Assessing AI's Predictions About AI

The AI Startup Fantasy Draft

In this episode of the AI Draft podcast, three participants make predictions about the most valuable AI companies by 2028. They follow a detailed set of rules, including a minimum funding requirement and the exclusion of certain sectors, as they assemble their teams of AI firms, all with the goal of achieving the highe...

Trump & AI Policy + Overrated/Underrated on the Cerebral Valley Podcast

Silicon Valley Can't Look Away from the Election

Newcomer Turns Four

Listen: Bullish on AI, Bullish on Self-Driving, But Apprehensive About OpenAI & Tesla (with Jon McNeill)

The Ongoing Startup Downturn & More PR People Than Reporters to Answer Their Emails

Listen: OpenAI's 'Great Man,' AI Regulation & Drugs

AI + Robots, YC Preview & Why the Cool Kids Keep Picking on Tech

This podcast episode delves into the intersections of AI, robotics, and the evolving landscape of technology, featuring insights on Fei-Fei Li's World Labs funding, shifts in Y Combinator's focus towards defense tech, Microsoft's nuclear energy solution for AI's power consumption, Runway's transformative licensing deal...

Why Software Is Eating The Banks | Mercury CEO Immad Akhund, Then Lead Bank CEO Jackie Reses

Lessons Learned From a Bank Run (Peter Hébert & Laurence Tosi) + SVB's Marc Cadieux

Two Titans on the Future of AI (with Reid Hoffman & Vinod Khosla)

This podcast episode explores the importance of embracing AI and internet platforms, focusing on topics such as TikTok's operation in the US, industry self-regulation, and building amazing technology. It also discusses the power and potential of OpenAI, its strategic partnership with Microsoft, and the transformative i...