Newcomer Pod

Eric Newcomer

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Booking Overview

Eric Newcomer interviews prominent investors and founders from the tech world with an insider, probe-the-edges approach. The show is especially appealing for guests who want to discuss enterprise realities behind AI, security, and startup culture—not just hype.

Metrics

Episodes: 199

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 3.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 4.2k subscribers

Contact Information

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Host

Eric Newcomer - Host and interviewer. Describes himself as understanding the inside story of Silicon Valley and asking probing questions about why the tech industry operates the way it does; he interviews top inve...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Top investors, founders, CEOs/executives, and notable writers/editors/authors with direct insight into tech industry incentives and AI/security/business dynamics.
Required Achievements:  
leadership of venture-backed or major-scale companies, building or running high-value security/compliance or AI-adjacent businesses, public thought leadership via major publications and/or books, measurable market impact as investors or executive operators

Recent Guest Discussions

Christina Cacioppo - Fake Compliance, AI Security, Building A Large Security/compliance Company, AI Hype Cycle, VC Dynamics

Ed Zitron - Openai And Anthropic Skepticism, AI ROI And Subscription Costs, Enterprise Pullback, Incentives And AI Culture

Jonathan Weber - San Francisco Tech Culture Shift Over Time, Tech And Politics, Cultural/economic Drivers Of Industry Change

Recent Topics

Venture Capital, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Technology, Startups

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Newcomer Pod
:

Ben Smith on Trump, Anthropic & the Collision of Government and Big Tech

June 29, 2026

Semafor's editor-in-chief on why Washington has decided Anthropic needs to pick a side.Ben Smith, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, joins Eric Newcomer to break down the collision between the Trump administration and Anthropic, and what it reveals about the new relationship between Washington and big tech. Ben explains why the government is taking equity stakes in companies, how the Trump family is monetizing the presidency, and why he believes this is one of the most corrupt per...

Aidan Gomez Unfiltered on AGI, China & AI's Biggest Risk

June 26, 2026

Aidan Gomez on AGI, China, and the Biggest Risk Facing AI.Cohere co-founder and Transformer co-author Aidan Gomez joins Eric Newcomer to discuss whether we've already reached AGI, why Chinese AI models are being underestimated, the future of enterprise AI, sovereign AI, and why relying on a handful of AI companies could become the industry's biggest risk.If you're interested in artificial general intelligence, OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, Chinese AI, AI infrastructure, and the futur...

Christina Cacioppo Unfiltered on Fake Compliance, AI Security & Building a $4B Company

June 16, 2026

The CEO of a $4 billion compliance company on how her biggest competitor was faking it, and what that means for AI startup culture.Christina Cacioppo, co-founder and CEO of Vanta, joins Eric Newcomer to talk about the scandal that shook the compliance world. Her $4 billion competitor Delve was caught pre-filling compliance reports without doing the actual security work — and customers had no idea. Christina explains how Vanta figured it out, why fake compliance is a better product experience ...

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