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Stablecoins Dominate Discussions Alongside a Feisty Debate Over LLMs & Services Businesses at Newcomer's Breaking the Bank Summit Yesterday

2 weeks 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.
Fintech IPOs Give Hope To a Comeback Despite Market Volatility

3 weeks 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.
Tariff Chaos & China Decoupling Pose Twin Threats for Startups & VCs

1 month 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.
DeepSeek Heralds a New Phase in the AI Race: Low-Cost Competition

Feb 7, 2025 | newcomer.co | Jonathan Weber |Jonathan Weber

The Main ItemOpenAI and other top AI companies succeeded last week in pushing back on the idea that China’s DeepSeek, with its low-cost solution, represented an existential threat to their businesses. A blitz of product announcements from OpenAI and Google over the past two weeks showed they still have plenty up their sleeves, and Google, Microsoft, and Meta all affirmed in earnings reports that their massive capital spending plans remain intact. Amazon said it’s going even bigger.