/
Navigation
C
Chronicles
Browse all articles
C
E
Explore
Semantic exploration
E
R
Research
Entity momentum
R
N
Nexus
Correlations & relationships
N
~
Story Arc
Topic evolution
S
Drift Map
Semantic trajectory animation
D
P
Posts
Analysis & commentary
P
Browse
@
Entities
Companies, people, products, technologies
Domains
Browse by publication source
Handles
Browse by social media handle
Detection
?
Concept Search
Semantic similarity search
!
High Impact Stories
Top coverage by position
+
Sentiment Analysis
Positive/negative coverage
*
Anomaly Detection
Unusual coverage patterns
Analysis
vs
Rivalry Report
Compare two entities head-to-head
/\
Semantic Pivots
Narrative discontinuities
!!
Crisis Response
Event recovery patterns
Connected
Nav: C E R N
Search: /
Command: ⌘K
Embeddings: large
VOICE ARCHIVE

Eric Newcomer

@ericnewcomer
317 posts
2026-03-07
worth reading this interview with @emilmichael in @PirateWires https://www.piratewires.com/ ...
2026-03-07 View on X
CNBC

Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk

https://www.cnbc.com/...Sasha de Marigny:Thank you, Google, for your leadership, partnership and continued support.  —  https://lnkd.in/...

worth reading this interview with @emilmichael in @PirateWires https://www.piratewires.com/ ...
2026-03-07 View on X
Pirate Wires

Interview with Pentagon AI head Emil Michael on his view that Anthropic leaked negotiations to the press to win anti-Trump users, dealing with Amodei, and more

what if this software went down?  Some guardrail kicked up?  Some refusal happened for the next fight like this one and we left our people at risk?”  “I went to @SecWar @PeteHegset...

worth reading this interview with @emilmichael in @PirateWires https://www.piratewires.com/ ...
2026-03-07 View on X
Financial Times

A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use by the government of their models

The Trump administration has drawn up tight rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts that would require AI companies …

2026-03-06
worth reading this interview with @emilmichael in @PirateWires https://www.piratewires.com/ ...
2026-03-06 View on X
Pirate Wires

An interview with Pentagon AI head Emil Michael about Anthropic leaking to the media to win anti-Trump users, dealing with Amodei and his “politburo”, and more

Pirate Wires:NEW

worth reading this interview with @emilmichael in @PirateWires https://www.piratewires.com/ ...
2026-03-06 View on X
CNBC

Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk

Google said it will continue offering Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology for clients, excluding for defense work …

worth reading this interview with @emilmichael in @PirateWires https://www.piratewires.com/ ...
2026-03-06 View on X
Anthropic

Dario Amodei says Anthropic plans to fight the DOD's risk designation in court, claims the DOD's letter has a “narrow scope”, and apologizes for his leaked memo

Yesterday (March 4) Anthropic received a letter from the Department of War confirming that we have been designated …

2026-02-27
backbone at a time when spines are rare
2026-02-27 View on X
Axios

Anthropic says new DOD “contract language” made “virtually no progress” on preventing Claude's use for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday said there has been “virtually no progress” on negotiations with the Pentagon.

backbone at a time when spines are rare
2026-02-27 View on X
Anthropic

Dario Amodei says Anthropic cannot “in good conscience” accede to DOD's request to remove safeguards and will work to ensure a smooth transition if offboarded

I believe deeply in the existential importance of using AI to defend the United States and other democracies, and to defeat our autocratic adversaries.

backbone at a time when spines are rare
2026-02-27 View on X
Axios

President Trump calls Anthropic a “radical left, woke company” and says he is directing every federal agency in the US to stop using its products

The Trump administration has decided to blacklist Anthropic in the most consequential and controversial policy decision to date …

2026-02-26
EXCLUSIVE: Thrive Netted 2.4x DPI from 2016 Fund. Here's Thrive's $10 Billion Pitch. https://www.newcomer.co/...
2026-02-26 View on X
Newcomer

Leaked Thrive deck: $26.8B in AUM as of June 30, 2025, deal value peaked in Q4 2021, and positive DPI for four early funds, including 2.4x for 2016's Thrive V

got my hands on Thrive's performance. secretive firm so this provides a rare snapshot of how they're doing https://www.newcomer.co/...
2026-02-26 View on X
Newcomer

Leaked Thrive deck: $26.8B in AUM as of June 30, 2025, deal value peaked in Q4 2021, and positive DPI for four early funds, including 2.4x for 2016's Thrive V

2026-02-25
EXCLUSIVE: Thrive Netted 2.4x DPI from 2016 Fund. Here's Thrive's $10 Billion Pitch. https://www.newcomer.co/...
2026-02-25 View on X
Newcomer

Leaked Thrive deck: $26.8B in AUM as of June 30, 2025, deal value peaked in Q4 2021, positive DPI for four early funds, including 2.4x for 2016's Thrive V, more

We've got an inside look at Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital's performance View in browser EXCLUSIVE: Thrive Netted 2.4x DPI from 2016 Fund.

got my hands on Thrive's performance. secretive firm so this provides a rare snapshot of how they're doing https://www.newcomer.co/...
2026-02-25 View on X
Newcomer

Leaked Thrive deck: $26.8B in AUM as of June 30, 2025, deal value peaked in Q4 2021, positive DPI for four early funds, including 2.4x for 2016's Thrive V, more

We've got an inside look at Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital's performance View in browser EXCLUSIVE: Thrive Netted 2.4x DPI from 2016 Fund.

2026-02-18
Six months ago in Newcomer: “To really succeed in this era Benchmark needs to figure out how to land the type of general partner who could start their own fund in the prime of their career.” Seems like they're doing it.
2026-02-18 View on X
The Information

Benchmark hires Jack Altman, the founder of Alt Capital and Lattice, as its fifth general partner; three Alt Capital team members will join him at Benchmark

Benchmark on Tuesday said it had hired Jack Altman, the founder of early-stage firm Alt Capital and HR software company Lattice, as its fifth general partner.

2026-02-17
Six months ago in Newcomer: “To really succeed in this era Benchmark needs to figure out how to land the type of general partner who could start their own fund in the prime of their career.” Seems like they're doing it.
2026-02-17 View on X
Bloomberg

Source: Benchmark's 2020 fund is now worth 10x+ and 2024 fund is 3x what investors put in, based on cash distributions and the paper value of its investments

Natasha Mascarenhas /Bloomberg:

Six months ago in Newcomer: “To really succeed in this era Benchmark needs to figure out how to land the type of general partner who could start their own fund in the prime of their career.” Seems like they're doing it.
2026-02-17 View on X
The Information

Benchmark hires Jack Altman, the founder of Alt Capital and Lattice, as its fifth general partner; three Alt Capital team members will join him at Benchmark

Benchmark on Tuesday said it had hired Jack Altman, the founder of early-stage firm Alt Capital and HR software company Lattice, as its fifth general partner.

2026-02-15
the logic of this makes zero sense... Anthropic clearly isn't meant to invoke misanthropic. meanwhile, elon does seem to like x because of its sex appeal. he literally named Tesla's S, 3, X, Y. his AI company is disturbingly leaning into its nominative determinism there.
2026-02-15 View on X
The Verge

Some former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok and disregard for safety, constantly playing catch up to OpenAI, infighting, and more

2026-02-14
the logic of this makes zero sense... Anthropic clearly isn't meant to invoke misanthropic. meanwhile, elon does seem to like x because of its sex appeal. he literally named Tesla's S, 3, X, Y. his AI company is disturbingly leaning into its nominative determinism there.
2026-02-14 View on X
The Verge

Some former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok and disregard for safety, constantly playing catch up to OpenAI, infighting, and more

Former employees say the restructuring followed tensions over safety and being “stuck in the catch-up phase.”

2026-02-13
the logic of this makes zero sense... Anthropic clearly isn't meant to invoke misanthropic. meanwhile, elon does seem to like x because of its sex appeal. he literally named Tesla's S, 3, X, Y. his AI company is disturbingly leaning into its nominative determinism there.
2026-02-13 View on X
The Verge

Some former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok and disregard for safety, constantly playing catch up to OpenAI, infighting, and more

Former employees say the restructuring followed tensions over safety and being “stuck in the catch-up phase.”

2026-01-27
Alex Pretti Is a Patriot. Tim Cook Is a Quisling. https://www.newcomer.co/...
2026-01-27 View on X
Spyglass

Tim Cook attending a private White House screening of the documentary Melania hours after US agents killed a man suggests horrible judgment, or worse, cowardice

Tim Cook is captured.  There is simply no other explanation for his actions over the past year or so.