The New Media Outlets Shaping Tech

The media space has changed drastically in the past five years. Newspapers and major business publications still provide credibility and authority, but much of the most influential technology coverage now comes from independent newsletters and podcasts.

Their power comes from personal trust. Readers trust specific authors and return for their judgment. Listeners spend hours with a host every week. The strongest creators have built direct relationships with audiences that many established publications struggle to match. This lets them cover a company, market, or technical field with far more depth.

This matters to anyone building or communicating a business. A feature in the Financial Times, Bloomberg, or The New York Times remains valuable. An appearance on TBPN, Lenny’s Podcast, or a respected specialist show can reach a smaller but much more relevant group of founders, customers, investors, and prospective hires. As we argued in The State of Media 2026, companies now need both institutional trust and personal trust.

Independent media demands more care. The authors publish less, know their audiences closely, and protect the trust that makes their work valuable. Generic pitches rarely survive, and many block PR agencies altogether because of negative past experience. To reach them, start by reading and listening to understand what they truly care about.

All of them care about providing their readers with something useful.

Below is our working directory of 99 newsletters and 78 podcasts across technology, AI, startups, venture capital, software, product, growth, fintech, climate, media, and business.

Use it wisely.

Newsletters

Technology, startups and venture capital

• Stratechery — Ben Thompson. Strategic analysis of technology platforms, business models, and the companies shaping the industry.
• The Pragmatic Engineer — Gergely Orosz. Reporting and analysis on software engineering, Big Tech, management, and the technology labor market.
• Lenny’s Newsletter — Lenny Rachitsky. Practical advice and interviews on product management, growth, marketplaces, and startup careers.
• Platformer — Casey Newton. Reporting on the intersection of technology platforms, politics, democracy, and online culture.
• Newcomer — Eric Newcomer. Deep reporting on startups, venture capital, founders, deals, and Silicon Valley power.
• Cautious Optimism — Alex Wilhelm. Reporting and analysis on technology, business, and power, spanning AI, startups, major software companies, markets, and politics.
• Not Boring — Packy McCormick. Optimistic, long-form analysis of technology companies, startups, markets, and emerging industries.
• Exponential View — Azeem Azhar. Analysis of how AI and other exponential technologies are changing business, economics, and society.
• The Generalist — Mario Gabriele. Research-led profiles and deep dives covering technology companies, AI, markets, and venture capital.
• Big Technology — Alex Kantrowitz. Reporting and analysis on major technology companies, AI, platforms, and industry leadership.
• Sources — Alex Heath. Technology scoops and insider reporting on leading companies and executives.
• Upstarts — Alex Konrad. Reporting on startups, venture capital, founders, and the private technology market.
• Pirate Wires — Mike Solana. Contrarian coverage of technology, politics, culture, and the people building the industry.
• Work in Progress — Derek Thompson. Analysis of science, technology, economics, work, and the forces shaping material progress.
• Sourcery — Molly O’Shea. A weekly digest of venture-capital deals, startup activity, investors, and market trends.
• Runtime — Tom Krazit. Independent reporting on cloud computing, enterprise technology, infrastructure, and the companies behind them.
• FastForward — Ron Miller. Reporting and commentary on enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, startups, and technology markets.
• The New Consumer — Dan Frommer. Research and analysis on how technology, brands, and changing behavior shape consumer markets.
• Failory — Nico Jeannen. Lessons, case studies, and resources drawn from startup successes, failures, and founder experience.
• User Mag — Taylor Lorenz. Independent reporting on internet culture, online creators, social platforms, and technology.
• Blood in the Machine — Brian Merchant. Reporting on technology, labor, automation, corporate power, and the history of technological change.
• Ultra Successful — Andrew Chen. Essays on startups, growth, network effects, marketplaces, consumer technology, and venture capital.
• Like & Subscribe — Natalie Jarvey. Reporting on the creator economy, digital media, entertainment platforms, and the business of online influence.
• Computer, Enhance! — Casey Muratori. Detailed instruction and analysis covering computer performance, low-level programming, hardware, and software optimization.
• Henry Shi — Henry Shi. Founder lessons on building technology companies, applying AI, raising venture capital, and scaling operations.
• Multicore — Sam Byford. Independent reporting, reviews, and commentary focused on consumer hardware and the global technology industry.
• Spitfire News — Kat Tenbarge. Independent reporting on online platforms, internet culture, creators, and the technology companies shaping digital life.
• New Economies — Ollie Forsyth. Analysis of emerging startup ecosystems, venture trends, ambitious technologies, and the companies building new markets.
• Software Synthesis — Akash Bajwa. Essays connecting software, startups, technology markets, and the business forces shaping the industry.
• Startup Riders — Ivan Landabaso. Founder stories, startup lessons, ecosystem news, and perspectives on building technology companies.
• The Founders Corner — Chris Tottman and Rubén Domínguez Ibar. Practical advice on raising capital and scaling startups, informed by founders and venture investors.
• Learning VC — Christopher Laughlin. Educational guides to venture-capital concepts, careers, investing, diligence, and fund operations.

Economics, markets and finance

• Noahpinion — Noah Smith. Economics, technology, industrial policy, geopolitics, and long-run growth explained for a broad audience.
• Opening Bell Daily — Phil Rosen. A concise daily briefing on markets, investing, companies, and the economic news moving prices.
• The Overshoot — Matthew C. Klein. Independent analysis of global economics, monetary policy, trade, markets, and financial conditions.
• Business Blunders — Al Lewis. Case studies of corporate mistakes, executive decisions, governance failures, and their consequences.

AI and deep tech

• Understanding AI — Timothy B. Lee. Accessible explanations of how AI works and how it affects economics, business, policy, and society.
• Import AI — Jack Clark. Weekly analysis of AI research, policy, technical progress, and the global AI industry.
• Ben’s Bites — Ben Tossell. Daily coverage of AI products, tools, company news, and practical applications.
• Interconnects — Nathan Lambert. Technical and strategic analysis of AI models, research labs, open-source development, and policy.
• Ahead of AI — Sebastian Raschka. Detailed explanations of machine-learning research, model development, and practical AI engineering.
• Latent Space — Alessio Fanelli and swyx. Technical analysis and interviews covering AI engineering, foundation models, agents, and the application stack.
• Fabricated Knowledge — Doug O’Laughlin. Semiconductor-industry analysis covering chips, suppliers, fabrication, and technology investment.
• SemiAnalysis — Dylan Patel and team. Research and analysis connecting semiconductors, AI infrastructure, data centers, hardware supply chains, and technology-company economics.
• Core Memory — Ashlee Vance. Reporting and stories about ambitious technology, hardware, space, founders, and the history of innovation.
• AI Supremacy — Michael Spencer. Analysis of AI companies, research, investment, competition, and the industry’s developing power structure.
• Nate B. Jones — Nate B. Jones. Practical analysis of AI products, adoption, strategy, and the effects of AI on knowledge work.
• AI Adopters Club — Kamil Banc. Case studies and practical observations on how organizations are implementing AI in real work.
• The Kaitchup — Benjamin Marie. Technical guidance for running, fine-tuning, and evaluating AI models with constrained computing resources.
• AI Maker — Wyndo. Practical tutorials, tools, and project examples for people building with AI.
• The AI and Product Blog. Product strategy, tools, frameworks, and operating lessons at the intersection of AI and product management.
• Build to Launch — Jenny Ouyang. Practical guidance on developing, packaging, and launching AI products.
• The AI Break. Concise explanations of important AI research, product news, and industry developments.
• AI Proem — Grace Shao. Introductions and commentary on AI research, technical concepts, and emerging ideas.
• Artificial Intelligence Made Simple — Devansh. Accessible explanations of AI concepts, tools, developments, and practical uses.
• AI Tidbits — Sahar Mor. A compact digest of AI news, tools, research, and useful applications.
• AI Disruptor — Alex McFarland. Practical AI writing systems and workflows for creators who want to publish more consistently.
• Creators’ AI. AI tools, workflows, and practical techniques for writers, designers, marketers, and other creators.
• AI Blew My Mind — Daria Cupareanu. Striking AI products, demonstrations, tools, and use cases presented for a broad audience.
• Design with AI — Xinran Ma. AI-assisted design tools, creative workflows, product examples, and practical techniques.
• Excellent AI Prompts. Prompting techniques, reusable examples, and strategies for working effectively with generative AI.

Operator and specialist newsletters

• GTMnow — Sophie Buonassisi and GTMfund. Go-to-market lessons from founders, operators, and investors at fast-growing B2B companies.
• MKT1 — Emily Kramer. Actionable B2B startup-marketing frameworks, organizational guidance, and operating playbooks.
• Growth Memo — Kevin Indig. Data-driven analysis of organic growth, SEO, platform changes, and digital strategy.
• Elena’s Growth Scoop — Elena Verna. Growth, retention, monetization, and product-led growth lessons from a senior technology operator.
• The Rebooting — Brian Morrissey. Analysis of media businesses, publishing models, advertising, audiences, and industry change.
• Link in Bio — Rachel Karten. Social-media strategy, platform trends, and case studies for brands and marketers.
• Second Opinion — Christina Farr. Reporting and analysis on health technology, healthcare companies, investors, and the future of medicine.
• Fintech Blueprint — Lex Sokolin. Deep analysis of fintech, digital assets, AI, financial infrastructure, and emerging business models.
• Status — Oliver Darcy. Daily reporting on the media industry, news organizations, executives, and power.
• HEATED — Emily Atkin. Climate reporting focused on accountability, policy, corporate behavior, and the energy transition.
• Volts — David Roberts. A newsletter and podcast covering clean energy, climate technology, electrification, policy, and the practical work of decarbonization.
• GTM Strategist — Maja Voje. Go-to-market frameworks and practical guidance for startups entering, testing, and scaling markets.
• Growth Unhinged — Kyle Poyar. Product-led growth, pricing, monetization, and go-to-market lessons for software companies.
• The Product Compass — Paweł Huryn. Product-management frameworks covering strategy, discovery, execution, AI, and career development.
• Department of Product. Product-management resources, frameworks, tools, and analysis for product teams and leaders.
• ByteByteGo — Alex Xu. Visual explanations of system design, software architecture, distributed systems, and engineering tradeoffs.
• DataExpert.io — Zach Wilson. Data-engineering tutorials, architecture guidance, career advice, and practical exercises.
• Plato’s Newsletter. Advice and frameworks for engineering managers, technology executives, and team leads.
• Software Lead Weekly — Oren Ellenbogen. A weekly reading list about engineering leadership, management, organizational culture, teams, and building software companies.
• OnlyCFO. SaaS metrics, financial operations, forecasting, and practical CFO guidance for technology companies.
• Fintech Wrap Up — Sam Boboev. A weekly summary of financial-technology news, funding, deals, regulation, and market developments.
• SemiconSam — Jukan. Semiconductor analysis covering chips, fabrication, suppliers, markets, and the industry’s technical shifts.
• Climate Insiders — Yoann Berno. Perspectives on climate technology, policy, investment, company building, and the energy transition.
• Unchained — Laura Shin. Independent reporting and interviews covering crypto companies, protocols, regulation, markets, and Web3.
• Marketing Ideas — Tom Orbach. Curated marketing tactics, experiments, case studies, and growth ideas.
• Product with Attitude — Karo Zieminski. Critical AI literacy, product strategy, tested tools, and practical guidance for people building with AI.
• Tech for Product — Colin Matthews. Technical concepts explained for product managers working with engineers and software systems.
• Doctor Market Fit — Jeroen Coelen. Frameworks and diagnostic guidance for finding, measuring, and strengthening product-market fit.
• Javarevisited — Javin Paul. Tutorials and practical guidance covering Java, software development, programming careers, and engineering fundamentals.
• AlgoMaster — Ashish Pratap Singh. Algorithms, data structures, system design, and technical-interview preparation for software engineers.
• VuTrinh — Vu Trinh. Software-engineering insights, practical development lessons, and career advice for programmers.
• Travel Tech Essentialist — Mauricio Prieto. Analysis of technology companies, products, investors, and trends reshaping the travel industry.
• Product Market Fit — Guillermo Flor. Frameworks and founder lessons for discovering, achieving, and maintaining product-market fit.
• Scarlet Ink — Dave Anderson. Candid advice on technology careers, management, leadership, and navigating large organizations.
• Next Play. Career transitions, leadership development, and professional strategy for people working in technology.
• Push to Talk — Ryan K. Rigney. Interviews with people doing interesting work in video games.
• Vik’s Newsletter — Vik. Analysis of semiconductors, hardware companies, supply chains, and the technology market.
• Level Up Your TPM Leadership — Omer Khalid, PhD. Practical guidance for technical program managers developing their leadership, influence, and careers.

Podcasts

Technology, startups and venture capital

• Acquired — Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal. Long-form histories and strategic analyses of the world’s most important technology and business companies.
• 20VC — Harry Stebbings. Interviews with leading venture capitalists, founders, and technology executives.
• Lenny’s Podcast — Lenny Rachitsky. In-depth conversations with product, growth, and startup leaders about how successful technology companies operate.
• All-In — Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg. Weekly discussion of technology, markets, venture capital, economics, and politics.
• TBPN — John Coogan and Jordi Hays. Daily live coverage and commentary on Silicon Valley companies, founders, investors, and technology news.
• Big Technology Podcast — Alex Kantrowitz. Interviews with technology executives, insiders, and critics about major companies, AI, and the forces shaping the industry.
• The Logan Bartlett Show — Logan Bartlett. Tactical conversations with founders and investors about hiring, product, growth, fundraising, and company building.
• The Product Market Fit Show — Pablo Srugo. Founders explain how they found product-market fit, including the customer research, pivots, metrics, and early growth behind it.
• This Week in Startups — Jason Calacanis. Startup and technology news, founder interviews, investor commentary, and company analysis.
• Y Combinator Podcast. Startup advice and conversations with YC partners, founders, and alumni.
• Dalton + Michael — Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel. Direct advice on founder psychology, product-market fit, fundraising, and common startup mistakes.
• The a16z Podcast. Interviews and analysis covering AI, enterprise software, biotechnology, crypto, and technology culture.
• Cheeky Pint — John Collison. Informal, detailed conversations with prominent founders, investors, and business leaders.
• Riding Unicorns — James Pringle and Hector Mason. Founder and investor conversations with a strong focus on the UK venture-capital ecosystem.
• The European VC. Interviews with the founders, fund managers, and limited partners shaping European venture capital.
• Venture Europe — Calin Fabri. Conversations with European entrepreneurs and investors about company building, technology, venture capital, and Europe’s future.
• The Startup CEO Show — Mark MacLeod. Practical company-building and leadership lessons from venture-backed CEOs and experienced operators.
• The Founder Initiative — Adam O’Donnell. Candid founder interviews about fundraising, adversity, product-market fit, pivots, and lessons from building startups.
• Startup Project — Nataraj Sindam. In-depth conversations with founders, operators, and investors about product decisions, scaling, AI, and the realities of building technology companies.
• Founders — David Senra. Lessons from biographies and histories of exceptional entrepreneurs and company builders.
• BG2 — Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner. Veteran technology investors discuss companies, markets, policy, strategy, and major industry shifts.
• The Ben & Marc Show — Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen. Conversations about technology, company building, markets, culture, and the future of innovation.
• Tech Talks Daily — Neil C. Hughes. Daily interviews with founders and executives about enterprise technology, AI, digital transformation, and innovation.
• The Changelog — Jerod Santo and Adam Stacoviak. Weekly software news and technical conversations with the developers, maintainers, and founders shaping open source and modern engineering.
• The Sweaty Startup — Nick Huber. Practical discussions about entrepreneurship, service businesses, operations, investing, and building durable companies.
• American Optimist — Joe Lonsdale. Interviews and commentary on technology, entrepreneurship, policy, institutions, and ambitious company building.
• Newcomer Podcast — Eric Newcomer. Conversations with founders, investors, and operators about startups, venture capital, deals, and Silicon Valley.
• The Rebooting Show — Brian Morrissey. Conversations with media executives and operators about publishing, advertising, audiences, and sustainable media businesses.
• David Senra — David Senra. Video interviews with prominent founders focused on the decisions, habits, and hard-earned lessons behind major companies.
• The Peel — Turner Novak. Founder and investor conversations about startup origins, product decisions, fundraising, growth, and company-building inflection points.
• The Startup Ideas Podcast — Greg Isenberg. Entrepreneurs develop, critique, and validate startup ideas while discussing audiences, products, distribution, and business models.
• The Tech Trek — Amir Bormand. Interviews with CTOs, engineering executives, and data leaders about teams, technology decisions, alignment, and growth.
• The Scaling CEO — Glenn Gow. Concise conversations with CEOs and board members about leadership teams, boards, inflection points, and scaling companies.
• Scaling Europe — Sebastian Johnson. Interviews and analysis focused on ambitious European technology companies, founders, operators, and investors.
• New Economies — Ollie Forsyth. Conversations about emerging startup ecosystems, ambitious technologies, investment themes, and new markets.

AI

• No Priors — Sarah Guo and Elad Gil. Conversations with researchers, founders, and investors working at the frontier of artificial intelligence.
• Dwarkesh Podcast — Dwarkesh Patel. Long-form interviews with leading thinkers in AI, science, technology, economics, and history.
• The Cognitive Revolution — Nathan Labenz. Detailed conversations about frontier AI models, applications, research, safety, and industry development.
• Latent Space — Alessio Fanelli and swyx. Technical interviews for AI engineers and founders building models, agents, infrastructure, and applications.
• Practical AI — Daniel Whitenack and Chris Benson. Accessible discussions of how machine learning and AI are built, deployed, and used in practice.
• Eye on AI — Craig Smith. Weekly interviews with AI researchers, founders, executives, and policymakers.
• The OpenAI Podcast. Conversations about AI research, products, applications, safety, and the people developing them.
• NVIDIA AI Podcast — Noah Kravitz. Interviews on how AI, accelerated computing, and machine learning are changing industries.
• How I AI — Claire Vo. Practical conversations showing how operators and executives use AI in their daily work.
• Lex Fridman Podcast — Lex Fridman. Long-form conversations with prominent figures in AI, science, technology, philosophy, and business.
• Machine Learning Street Talk — Tim Scarfe and collaborators. Long technical conversations about machine-learning research, AI theory, papers, and competing scientific viewpoints.
• The Next Wave — Matt Wolfe and Nathan Lands. Accessible coverage of AI tools, products, industry trends, and practical applications.
• The Artificial Intelligence Show — Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput. Weekly analysis of AI developments and their implications for business, marketing, and organizational strategy.
• AI & I — Dan Shipper. Builders, executives, and creators explain how they use AI in their work and how it changes their thinking and output.

Business, strategy and leadership

• Masters of Scale — Reid Hoffman and Jeff Berman. Company-building and scaling lessons from prominent founders and business leaders.
• How I Built This — Guy Raz. Founders tell the stories behind well-known companies, products, and movements.
• The Diary of a CEO — Steven Bartlett. Long-form interviews with leaders from business, science, entertainment, health, and culture.
• The Tim Ferriss Show — Tim Ferriss. Interviews extracting the routines, decisions, tools, and tactics used by high performers.
• The Prof G Pod — Scott Galloway. Commentary and interviews on business strategy, Big Tech, markets, careers, and the economy.
• My First Million — Sam Parr and Shaan Puri. Business-idea analysis and conversations with entrepreneurs about opportunities, growth, and company building.
• Build with Leila Hormozi — Leila Hormozi. Tactical advice on hiring, management, operations, leadership, and scaling companies.
• The Game — Alex Hormozi. Direct lessons on offers, sales, marketing, acquisition, operations, and business growth.
• Shopify Masters. Ecommerce founders and operators explain how they launched products, found customers, and grew online businesses.
• The Foundr Podcast — Nathan Chan. Founder interviews focused on entrepreneurship, growth, marketing, leadership, and lessons from building companies.
• High Performance — Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes. Interviews with executives, athletes, coaches, and specialists about performance, leadership, habits, and resilience.
• Aspire with Emma Grede — Emma Grede. Conversations with entrepreneurs and leaders about brand building, ambition, careers, and operating businesses.
• Cubicle to CEO — Ellen Yin. Case-study-driven conversations about entrepreneurship, marketing, revenue, operations, and building an independent business.
• The School of Greatness — Lewis Howes. Interviews with entrepreneurs, executives, athletes, and experts about leadership, performance, business, and personal development.
• A Bit of Optimism — Simon Sinek. Conversations about leadership, organizational culture, work, trust, and the human dynamics behind teams and businesses.

Operator and specialist podcasts

• GTMnow — Sophie Buonassisi. Go-to-market discussions with founders, sales leaders, marketers, and investors in B2B technology.
• BUILDERS. Founders explain how they brought new B2B technology to market, earned early adopters, built credibility, and created repeatable demand.
• SaaStr Podcast. Interviews and tactical guidance on growing and scaling SaaS and cloud companies.
• Fintech Insider. News and interviews covering banking, payments, financial technology, regulation, and industry transformation.
• Catalyst with Shayle Kann — Shayle Kann. Weekly conversations with experts about climate technology, energy systems, industrial decarbonization, and the economics of deployment.
• Volts — David Roberts. Detailed conversations about clean energy, electrification, climate policy, technology, and the transition away from fossil fuels.
• The Times Tech Podcast. UK-focused reporting and discussion of major developments in technology, business, and digital culture.
• The SaaS Podcast — Omer Khan. Interviews with software founders about product-market fit, growth, recurring revenue, and scaling SaaS companies.
• The CMO Podcast — Jim Stengel. Chief marketing officers discuss brands, leadership, organizational change, customer behavior, and marketing strategy.
• Product Thinking — Melissa Perri. Interviews and analysis about product strategy, leadership, operating models, and building effective product organizations.
• Bankless — Ryan Sean Adams and David Hoffman. News, interviews, and analysis covering Ethereum, crypto markets, decentralized finance, and digital ownership.
• The Pomp Podcast — Anthony Pompliano. Interviews and commentary about business, investing, Bitcoin, financial markets, and entrepreneurship.
• Unchained — Laura Shin. Interviews and reporting on crypto companies, protocols, markets, regulation, founders, and industry controversies.
• The Product Manager Podcast — Hannah Clark. Conversations and frameworks covering product strategy, discovery, execution, leadership, and product careers.