Newcomer

Newcomer

Home
The VC Directory
Cerebral Valley AI Summit
Podcast
Archive
About
SCOOP: Substack in Talks to Raise Financing as It Taps Into the Zeitgeist of Trump II
Substack is generating about $45 million in annual recurring revenue: sources
 • 
Eric Newcomer
5
AI Moguls Vie for Leadership Crown
Plus, Chime IPO scorecard, Musk's robotaxi gamble & the latest from Y Combinator
 • 
Jonathan Weber
 and 
Madeline Renbarger
Scale AI's Alexandr Wang in the Driver's Seat With Meta Deal
Plus, startup Handshake and others take aim at Scale as human training of LLMs becomes more critical
 • 
Tom Dotan
 and 
Eric Newcomer
My Conversation with Roy Bahat As Bloomberg Beta Announces New $75M Fund
Bloomberg Beta tells Newcomer it has raised $75 million for its fifth fund
 • 
Eric Newcomer
1
44:00
A Week of Confrontation: Trump & Musk (Obviously) + OpenAI & Anthropic Collide on Coding
Plus, highlights from the famed Mary Meeker's latest "Trends" report
 • 
Jonathan Weber
 and 
Madeline Renbarger
Most Popular
View all
'The Dictator': Chamath Palihapitiya's Broken Professional Relationships
 • Eric Newcomer
1
Sequoia, Founders Fund, USV, Elad Gil & Benchmark Top Venture Manager Survey
 • Eric Newcomer
REVEALED: Lightspeed Venture Partners' Returns & Strategy from Confidential Fundraising Slides
 • Eric Newcomer
The Scam in the Arena
 • Eric Newcomer
3
Secret SpaceX Projections Show Growing Starlink Business Will Insulate Musk's Space Company from Trump Retaliation
Revenue figures obtained by Newcomer show launch business exposure may be limited as Starlink drives growth, but vulnerabilities lurk there too
 • 
Tom Dotan
 and 
Eric Newcomer
Can AI Lift Hollywood Out of Its Funk? Sequoia & Thrive Are Believers
A flight to quality in the AI video era could help indie filmmakers
 • 
Tom Dotan
Health tech is hopping
Plus, first-time VCs have closed precious few funds this year
 • 
Madeline Renbarger
SCOOP: OpenEvidence, an AI Assistant for Doctors, in Talks to Raise a New Round of Funding at a $3 Billion Valuation
GV and Kleiner Perkins are leading the new round, sources tell us
 • 
Eric Newcomer
 and 
Madeline Renbarger
Founders of Lovable, Orby, VAST Data & Photoroom Join the Cerebral Valley AI Summit London
Our invite-only AI summit is coming to London on June 25
 • 
Eric Newcomer
11 Videos from Breaking the Bank: Zach Perret from Plaid, Josh Reeves from Gusto, Jackie Reses from Lead Bank & More
Listen to our live talks from the Breaking the Bank summit in San Francisco
 • 
Eric Newcomer
Stablecoins Dominate Discussions Alongside a Feisty Debate Over LLMs & Services Businesses at Newcomer's Breaking the Bank Summit Yesterday
Get the download on talks from CEOs of Ramp, Gusto, Plaid, Lead Bank & more.
 • 
Eric Newcomer
, 
Jonathan Weber
, 
Madeline Renbarger
, and 
Tom Dotan
Newcomer
Newcomer
Where technology and venture capital intersect: A deeply reported newsletter on the inner workings of the startup industry. Helmed by Eric Newcomer with writing from Madeline Renbarger.
Recommendations
View all 15
Mostly metrics
Mostly metrics
CJ Gustafson
Internal Tech Emails
Internal Tech Emails
Internal Tech Emails
Core Memory
Core Memory
Ashlee Vance
Lenny's Newsletter
Lenny's Newsletter
Lenny Rachitsky
Sourcery
Sourcery
Molly O’Shea
© 2025 Eric Newcomer
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture