Eric Newcomer
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Immad Akhund on Building Mercury, AI Agents & Taking On Big Banks
Mercury CEO Immad Akhund on the AI startup funding frenzy, agents that spend money, and the future of banking.
Alex Kantrowitz on OpenAI, Nvidia & What Could Derail the AI Boom
OpenAI’s revenue confusion, Apple’s AI missteps, and Nvidia’s investments raise a bigger question: how much depends on the AI boom continuing?
Reid Hoffman on ChatGPT, Data Centers & Why America Needs AI
Reid Hoffman on ChatGPT, the future of jobs, and why he believes the AI boom is keeping America out of a recession.
Josh Elman on Apple, AI Agents & Why Startups Can Still Win
Why did Josh Elman leave Apple, and where can AI startups still win against OpenAI? The former Siri and Apple Intelligence team member explains why he’s betting on a new wave of consumer companies.
Former SEC Official on FTX, Crypto & Silicon Valley’s Fraud Problem
Renee Jones on how billion-dollar startups escaped public scrutiny, why founders became more powerful than their boards, and what happens when private markets operate in secrecy.
Zavain Dar on Hugging Face, NVIDIA & Why Silicon Valley Should Pay Attention to China
What does NVIDIA really get from Hugging Face—and what is Silicon Valley missing about China?
Sam Parr on The Hustle, Hampton & Why the OpenAI-TBPN Deal Was a Mistake
Sam Parr on getting fired by Airbnb the day before he started, selling The Hustle, and why $10 million in revenue changes everything.
This AI Was Trained on a Billion Video Game Clips. Now It Controls Robots.
How can billions of video game clips train AI to control robots?
John Coogan on Selling TBPN to OpenAI, Sam Altman & the Future of Tech Media
John Coogan, co-founder of TBPN, joins Eric Newcomer to talk about the acquisition that shocked the tech media world.
Taylor Lorenz Unfiltered on Social Media, Free Speech & the Surveillance State
Taylor Lorenz on why the social media panic is overblown and who's actually driving it.