Eric Newcomer
Eric Paul Newcomer | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 7, 1989 |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2012 to present |
| Website | http://newcomer.co |
Eric Newcomer (born September 7, 1989) is an American journalist known for reporting on Silicon Valley and the startup industry. He is the founder of Newcomer, a media outlet that covers startups and venture capital, which launched in 2020. [1]
Early life and education
[edit ]Newcomer was born in York, Pennsylvania, and raised in Macon, Georgia. After graduating from Central High School in 2008, he attended Harvard College, where he graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy.[2] At Harvard, he served as associate managing editor for The Harvard Crimson and won awards for investigative reporting on a four-part series related to sexual assault at the university.[3]
Career
[edit ]While at Harvard, Newcomer had internships at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the Tampa Bay Times.[3] Later, he worked as a James Reston Reporting Fellow for The New York Times.[3] He was the first employee at The Information, joining as a reporter in 2013.[4]
In 2014 Newcomer joined Bloomberg LP as a technology reporter. While at Bloomberg, he published an article about then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick that included a video of Kalanick arguing with an Uber driver.[5] The article contributed to Kalanick’s resignation as CEO of Uber.[6]
In October 2020, he launched his own venture capital newsletter, Newcomer.[7] As of July 2022, Newcomer had over 1,900 paying subscribers.[4] In 2023, Newcomer was one of many Substack publishers who publicly announced personal investments in the company as a show of support.[8] He also runs a weekly podcast containing top thought leaders in startups and venture capital. Past speakers on the podcast have included Kara Swisher and Emad Mostaque.
Cerebral Valley AI Summit
[edit ]On March 30, 2023, Newcomer and voice-AI gaming startup Volley co-hosted an artificial intelligence summit in San Francisco. Speakers included Emad Mostaque, Adam D’Angelo and other CEOs of AI companies and venture capital investors.[9] Over 200 founders, investors, engineers and entrepreneurs attended the one-day Cerebral Valley AI Summit.[10] Attendees included Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi and MosaicML CEO Naveen Rao, who met for the first time at the event. Within months, Databricks acquired MosaicML for 1ドル.3 billion. [11]
The event contributed to the popularization of the nickname "Cerebral Valley" for the neighborhood of Hayes Valley, San Francisco, given after many AI startups established headquarters there.[12]
References
[edit ]- ^ Fischer, Sara. "Substack writer Eric Newcomer says his revenue surpassed 1ドルM in 2023". Axios. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "ericnewcomer". MIT Club of Northern California. Retrieved 2023年06月29日.
- ^ a b c Roush, Chris (2014年11月20日). "Newcomer hired by Bloomberg to cover tech start-ups". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2023年06月29日.
- ^ a b Haribhakti, Sar (2022年07月26日). "A chat with Eric Newcomer, the indie scoop machine". Scatter Brain. Retrieved 2023年06月29日.
- ^ Isaac, Mike (2017年03月01日). "Travis Kalanick, Uber Chief, Apologizes After Fight With Driver". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023年06月29日.
- ^ "Uber's CEO has quit — how did we get here?". ABC News. 2017年06月21日. Retrieved 2023年06月29日.
- ^ Roush, Chris (2020年10月26日). "Newcomer leaves Bloomberg to start a newsletter". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2023年06月29日.
- ^ "Substack is fundraising directly from its writers". Quartz. 2023年03月28日. Retrieved 2023年06月29日.
- ^ Heath, Alex (2023年03月31日). "Command Line: A visit to Cerebral Valley". The Verge. Retrieved 2023年06月29日.
- ^ Mascarenhas, Natasha (2023年04月03日). "'There's too much opportunity' in Cerebral Valley". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023年06月29日.
- ^ Beltran, Luisa (2023年09月19日). "Exclusive: Databricks wasn't looking to buy, and MosaicML wasn't selling. How two CEOs navigated a blockbuster 1ドル.3 billion A.I. deal". Fortune. Retrieved 2023年07月20日.
- ^ Tiku, Nitasha (2023年03月17日). "AI is reviving San Francisco's tech scene. Welcome to 'Cerebral Valley.'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023年06月29日.
External links
[edit ]- Official podcast
