Madeline Renbarger
@maddierenbarger
Covering venture capital and startups news for Newcomer with @ericnewcomer // Past: @businessinsider // DM me for contact info
President Trump just went on an extended tangent on stage at Winning the AI race, calling Zohran Mamdani communist and began criticizing "men in women's sports"
The culture wars come out: "The American people do not want woke marxist ideology in their AI development," says President Trump in DC
Trump takes the position that AI model training data shouldn't be held up in copyright deals "If you read an article and learn from it, we have to allow AI to use that knowledge without going through the complexity of contract negotiations"
“I want to say thank you to Chamath, David, and even Jason. Yes, even Jason”
Trump talks up the Iran strikes as a success to audience applause
They’ve set up a desk on stage ahead of President Trump’s scheduled appearance at Winning the AI Race
Howard Lutnick says on stage that the TikTok deal will likely happen, since the alternative for ByteDance js to shut it off and that seems illogical.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talked up the OBBBA’s tax relief for expensing new property as a boon for startups building up data centers and manufacturing hubs at Hill and Valley’s Winning the AI Race. “Not only are we trying to make the US the best destination regulatory…
JD Vance came on stage this afternoon at Winning the AI Race and framed Trump's immigration crackdown as good for American workers, who could work in new American AI factories.
At Hill and Valley and All In’s Winning the AI Race event today — Come say hi if you’re here 👀
will video totally replace the written word? on the Newcomer podcast, we debated @vriparbelli's claim that our kids' kids won't be reading: "text will just feel a bit like vinyl. we'll do it sometimes because it's a fun nostalgic thing" i invoke @paulg's observation that "to…
The Week in Short Crypto gets fully integrated into the financial system with new friendly legislation. Defense tech startups including Anduril and Saronic poised to take a piece of the $150 billion in new military spending. Behind the paywall: the 15 hottest defense-tech…
Will be interviewing @hamishmckenzie and Chris Best on my @substack @NewcomerMedia today at 5p ET / 2p PT. Download the app and subscribe to listen along
We’ve raised $100 million that we will put to work for creators and their audiences. Ownership for creators. Agency for audiences. Substack is a network built in service of people who care about culture. I’m pumped for this. Now we go big.
What do AI, Longevity & a policy shift to MAHA mean for American healthcare? … find out on Sept 9. Thrilled to do this with @EricNewcomer
New from @cityofthetown and @EricNewcomer in @NewcomerMedia: 4 big takeaways from the Windsurf saga newcomer.co/p/windsurfs-do…
thrilled to announce Deus Ex Medicina, our AI health & longevity summit on Sept 9 in SF. We're hosting with @nayeema