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Eric Paul Newcomer
BornSeptember 7, 1989
Alma materHarvard College
OccupationJournalist
Years active2012 to present
Websitehttp://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

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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

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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

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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 $1.3 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

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  1. ^ Fischer, Sara. "Substack writer Eric Newcomer says his revenue surpassed $1M in 2023". Axios. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ "ericnewcomer". MIT Club of Northern California. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  3. ^ a b c Roush, Chris (2014-11-20). "Newcomer hired by Bloomberg to cover tech start-ups". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  4. ^ a b Haribhakti, Sar (2022-07-26). "A chat with Eric Newcomer, the indie scoop machine". Scatter Brain. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  5. ^ Isaac, Mike (2017-03-01). "Travis Kalanick, Uber Chief, Apologizes After Fight With Driver". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  6. ^ "Uber's CEO has quit — how did we get here?". ABC News. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  7. ^ Roush, Chris (2020-10-26). "Newcomer leaves Bloomberg to start a newsletter". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  8. ^ "Substack is fundraising directly from its writers". Quartz. 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  9. ^ Heath, Alex (2023-03-31). "Command Line: A visit to Cerebral Valley". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  10. ^ Mascarenhas, Natasha (2023-04-03). "'There's too much opportunity' in Cerebral Valley". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  11. ^ Beltran, Luisa (2023-09-19). "Exclusive: Databricks wasn't looking to buy, and MosaicML wasn't selling. How two CEOs navigated a blockbuster $1.3 billion A.I. deal". Fortune. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  12. ^ Tiku, Nitasha (2023-03-17). "AI is reviving San Francisco's tech scene. Welcome to 'Cerebral Valley.'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
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