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Let’s get the obvious out of the way: The Trump-Musk breakup was inevitable, dramatic and — no matter your politics — deeply entertaining. What it portends for the future of the so-called “tech right” and its alliance with Trump is something that will likely play out in the

SCOOP: SpaceX financials show Musk will be insulated from retaliation from Trump for now Eric Newcomer Tom Dotan newcomer.co/p/secret-space…

Fun to be working as editor at large for Newcomer, with old colleagues Eric Newcomer and Tom Dotan, and newer colleague Madeline Renbarger. Always interesting to see industry patterns repeat themselves and then some, as with the dance between LLMs & developers.

Career Startup Handshake Sees Explosive Revenue Growth from High-Skill AI Training newcomer.co/p/scale-ais-al…

Meta's deal with Scale is a positive twist on the AI aquihires Tom Dotan Meanwhile, other startups like Handshake are jumping into Scale's AI training market Eric Newcomer newcomer.co/p/scale-ais-al…

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Great piece this week from Jonathan Weber on Sam Altman's angling to become the next Steve Jobs. Plus funding scoops on the Spring YC batch's buzziest startups newcomer.co/p/ai-moguls-vi…

AI Stormtroopers look better than many Star Wars TV shows.

Feel like our podcast is really hitting its stride, both the Cerebral Valley mini series version with Max Child 🌐 and James Wilsterman and our regular show with Tom Dotan and Madeline Renbarger. Worth checking out an episode at some point

Substack is raising another round... Financials in the story... "investors must decide whether Substack is the next Shopify — a company that has turned tools for sellers into a real platform — or even better a new social network like Reddit that took years to turn into the $25

Great scoop from Eric Newcomer — Substack is in talks to raise fresh funding newcomer.co/p/scoop-substa…

Sources: Substack is pitching investors on a round between $50M and $100M that would value it above its ~$700M last round price, and is generating ~$45M in ARR (@ericnewcomer / Newcomer) newcomer.co/p/scoop-substa… techmeme.com/250617/p40#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

AI Roll-Up Deals Accelerate as Top VC Firms Edge Towards Private Equity from Madeline Renbarger The AI roll-up has officially gone mainstream. Large VC firms like General Catalyst, Thrive Capital, and 8VC are increasingly running the private equity playbook of buying legacy

Dug into this AI roll-up moment for Newcomer. Seems like everyone from General Catalyst to Microsoft's Chris Young is getting in on the action in the space. Got some fresh details on some unreported roll-ups too. newcomer.co/p/ai-roll-up-d…

This week Rob Biederman chatted with Madeline Renbarger at Newcomer about our roll-up strategy. Check out her article "AI Roll-Up Deals Accelerate as Top VC Firms Edge Towards Private Equity". newcomer.co/p/ai-roll-up-d…