Jonathan Weber

2 weeks ago | newcomer.co | Jonathan Weber |Madeline Renbarger

The Week in ShortSam Altman and what it takes to be the next Steve Jobs. Behind the paywall: Newly minted Y Combinator companies get funded as agents and dev tools storm the latest batch. Elon Musk rolls the dice with Austin robotaxis. Chime’s IPO a big win for some investors, not others, while Stripe and Automattic help ease the M&A drought.

3 weeks ago | newcomer.co | Jonathan Weber |Madeline Renbarger

This Week in ShortOpenAI’s move to buy Windsurf prompted Anthropic to cut off the coding app — a sign of whats to come. One thing we can be confident of is crazy AI growth, per Mary Meeker’s “Trends” report. A wave of IPOs continued with a big pop for stablecoin provider Circle on Thursday, and M&A is picking up too. AI video is suddenly everywhere as both Hollywood dealmaker Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meta back tools for AI video ads.

1 month ago | newcomer.co | Eric Newcomer |Jonathan Weber |Madeline Renbarger |Tom Dotan

As Bridge founder Zach Abrams came to the stage yesterday at Breaking the Bank, I called him “the man of the hour.” Abrams’ decision to sell his stablecoin startup to Stripe for $1.1 billion has helped ignite global business interest in the low-cost, crypto-powered, money-moving technology among the traditional finance set. Visa is getting in on the action, planning to launch a stablecoin credit card with Ramp. Stripe has leaned in.

1 month ago | newcomer.co | Jonathan Weber |Madeline Renbarger

Newcomer’s fintech summit Breaking the Bank is on Tuesday. We’ll have the CEOs of Plaid, Lead Bank, Rogo, Gusto, Kraken, Ramp, and more on stage. Spots are extremely limited, but if you’re a fintech founder, investor, or insider and want to see if you can get a last minute ticket, email [email protected]. The Cerebral Valley AI Summit will be in London on June 25. This Week in ShortBetween eToro’s successful IPO and Chime’s S-1, the financial startup market is showing signs of life.

2 months ago | newcomer.co | Madeline Renbarger |Jonathan Weber

Tariff turbulence continued this week and VC’s are divided. We have commentary from Mark Suster, Joe Lonsdale, Brad Gerstner, Paul Graham, and more, along with a new tech stock index from Nate Silver. We also make our case for why Trump fealty is bad for Silicon Valley. Plus, the top AI models are surpassing human benchmarks, per Stanford. The Main ItemThe financial markets this week showed what they think about our mad king and his love of tariffs — and chaos.