The Ecosystem
Our network
A media house, a research index, and a tools directory — each feeds the other, and all three sit behind every podcast conversation you'll find below.
Some of our products
New Media
The home of our flagship podcast and editorial — long-form conversations on attention, distribution and taste.
new-media.co
YC Startups
A live, searchable index of every Y Combinator company — by sector, batch, stage and traction.
ycstartups.co
Startup Tools
The hand-picked software, services and discounts used by the world's fastest-growing teams.
startuptools.fyi
The Guests
Founders, operators & investors
[ 47 curated voices ]
Maria Sharapova
Tennis Icon
Anatoly Yakovenko
Founder — Solana
Reid Hoffman
Founder — LinkedIn
Cameron Adams
Founder — Canva
Mark Manson
Author — The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Tanay Kothari
Founder — Wispr Flow
Maor Shlomo
Founder — Base44
Mark Tluszcz
Chairman — Wix
Sid Yadav
Founder — Circle
Justine Moore
Partner — a16z
Eddie Kim
Founder — Gusto
Nirav Tolia
Founder — Nextdoor
Eric Hippeau
Investor — Lerer Hippeau
Tony Stubblebine
CEO — Medium
Nicolas Sharp
Founder — Attio
Ali Yahya
Investor — a16z
Dan Shipper
Founder — Every
Kirill Bigai
Founder — Preply
Colin Angle
Founder — iRobot
David Haber
Investor — a16z
Bahadir Ozdemir
Founder — Airalo
Anish Acharya
Investor — a16z
Emad Mostaque
Founder — Stability AI
Tyler Shultz
Founder — Flux Biosciences
Nuseir Yassin
Founder — Nas Daily
Wade Foster
Founder — Zapier
Julia Hartz
Founder — Eventbrite
Kevin Hartz
Founder — Eventbrite · A* Capital
Ben Miller
Founder — Fundrise
Rahul Vohra
Founder — Superhuman
Michele Catasta
Founder — Replit
Immad Akhund
Founder — Mercury
Max Junestrand
Founder — Legora
Lindsay Kaplan
Founder — Chief.com
Henry Ward
Founder — Carta
Colin Matthews
Founder — Builder
Michael Birch
Founder — Bebo
Stephen Balaban
Co-Founder — Lambda
Alan Trefler
Founder — Pegasystems
Saul Klein
Investor — LocalGlobe
Aydin Senkut
Investor — Felicis
Joleen Liang
Co-Founder — Squirrel AI
Marco Zappacosta
Co-Founder — Thumbtack
Linda Tong
CEO — Webflow
Shishir Mehrotra
CEO — Superhuman
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
CEO — Xero
Josh Elman
Investor — Andreessen Horowitz