2026-01-11
A gobsmackingly enlightening conversation about the effects of AI on our lives, the economy, and more.
The Substack Post
Michael Burry, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, and Dwarkesh Patel on the future of AI, whether AI tools improve productivity, job losses due to AI, and more
The man who predicted the 2008 crash, Anthropic's co-founder, and a leading AI podcaster jump into a Google doc to debate the future of AI—and, possibly, our lives
2026-01-10
A gobsmackingly enlightening conversation about the effects of AI on our lives, the economy, and more.
The Substack Post
Michael Burry, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, and Dwarkesh Patel on the future of AI, whether AI tools improve productivity, job losses due to AI, and more
The man who predicted the 2008 crash, Anthropic's co-founder, and a leading AI podcaster jump into a Google doc to debate the future of AI—and, possibly, our lives
2025-07-17
At Substack, we believe the heroes of culture are the ones who shape it. Technology should serve them, not the other way around. That's why we're building tools and a network to protect their independence, amplify their voices, and foster deep and direct relationships. These are [image]
New York Times
Substack raised a $100M Series C from Chernin Group, a16z, and others, sources say at a $1.1B valuation, as it builds its social network and warms up to ads
Substack, originally a newsletter service, says its app now has millions of users interacting with its creators.
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. [image]
New York Times
Substack raised a $100M Series C from Chernin Group, a16z, and others, sources say at a $1.1B valuation, as it builds its social network and warms up to ads
Substack, originally a newsletter service, says its app now has millions of users interacting with its creators.
2025-01-24
Full details of the Substack Creator Accelerator Fund can be found here. https://read.substack.com/...
TechCrunch
Substack launches a $20M Creator Accelerator Fund to lure US creators who have $2K+ per month in recurring revenue away from other subscription-based platforms
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch :
We've created a fund to help creators with paid audiences migrate to S*bstack so they can take advantage of the growth features. We call it the Creator Accelerator Fund. It provides financial guarantees and white-glove partnerships support for creators.
TechCrunch
Substack launches a $20M Creator Accelerator Fund to lure US creators who have $2K+ per month in recurring revenue away from other subscription-based platforms
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch :
2023-11-30
Video getting real on Substack
Washington Post
Substack rolls out video creation and editing tools to enable creators to publish video podcasts, create interactive AI-made transcripts, and customize clips
Newsletters were just the start of it — In its early days … Tom Holland / Coinmonks : 50x Crypto Coin! XCAD Network Music Ally : Substack beefs up video features for writers and ...
2023-04-12
Today we're releasing Notes to the world. Notes is a way to share great writing and ideas, including links, images, quotes, comments, and posts. And now anyone can use it. https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
Substack rolls out Notes, its Twitter-like service, to all users; writers have used Notes in beta to talk with their readers, promote newsletters, and network
We hope Notes will come to be a major driver of subscription revenue for writers, but this is a long-term project. There will be many bumps and imperfections. We'll keep improving the product in response to feedback and learning how Notes is used at scale.
Washington Post
Substack rolls out Notes, its Twitter-like service, to all users; writers have used Notes in beta to talk with their readers, promote newsletters, and network
2023-04-06
Today we're announcing Substack Notes. Notes lets writers publish short-form posts and recommend almost anything: quotes, links, images, and comments. It's coming soon and will look like this https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Substack unveils Notes, letting users share posts, quotes, images, links, and more, shown in a short form feed that “may look like familiar social media feeds”
Just to be clear. No one will have to pay for Substack Notes. The monetization happens a layer down. The goal is to get people to pay to subscribe to writers' publications... not to pay for Substack. Give writers the money! https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Substack unveils Notes, letting users share posts, quotes, images, links, and more, shown in a short form feed that “may look like familiar social media feeds”
2023-03-29
We think subscription networks are going to play a major role in the next chapter of the internet. They represent a step forward from social networks. https://on.substack.com/...
Axios
Substack invites its newsletter writers and others to invest, raising $5M+; source: the raise is an extension of Substack's $65M Series B in March 2021
2022-10-05
Sorry to everyone affected by this, including the team at Facebook who believed in the model and wanted to see it be something big and real. To all Bulletin writers: come to Substack. We'll make it easy and look after you. https://twitter.com/...
The Hollywood Reporter
Meta plans to shut down its newsletter subscription service Bulletin by early 2023; the Substack competitor launched in January 2021 and now has 120+ writers
2022-09-27
A beautiful RSS reader for all your Substack subscriptions (and any other RSS feed you want). https://on.substack.com/...
On Substack
Substack launches Reader for the web with search, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, recommendations, and an “Add RSS feed” feature for non-Substack publications
Revenge of RSS — There's a new reading experience waiting for you at Substack.com.
2022-03-10
And btw, you can add any RSS feed to the app via https://reader.substack.com/. Here are some more words about it all. https://on.substack.com/...
One Man & His Blog
Substack's app lets users pause email delivery to read only in the app, building a moat for Substack that potentially protects it from competitors
Substack has launched a reader app for iOS, turning itself from a newsletter company into a platform one. Publishers — beware.
2021-11-16
Fun fact: A little over four years ago, there were zero paid subscriptions to substacks. Today, there are 1 million. https://on.substack.com/...
Financial Times
Substack says it has reached 1M paying subscribers, up from 250,000 last December
Many top journalists have left legacy media to go it alone on publishing platform — Newsletter start-up Substack has reached 1m paying subscribers, underlining the growing power ...
2021-05-14
We started doing fellowships, workshops, services, and educational resources from the very early days with Substack. We've always wanted to do more. Now we can. We've just acquired @people_and_co https://blog.substack.com/...
blog.substack.com
Substack acquires People & Company, which focuses on community building, to expand its support infrastructure for writers, including workshops and legal support
Writers love pie — In 2014, journalist Anna Codrea-Rado, publisher of Lance, pitched a story to editors at a major news outlet …
2021-03-18
Here's Substack's statement about recent questions and misconceptions around the Substack Pro program: https://blog.substack.com/...
Substack Blog
Substack shares details on its Pro program after criticism, saying 30+ writers with a “diverse set of viewpoints” have signed up, none of whom are anti-trans
a publisher, not a platform—but claims not to be one, which is a pretty shady dodge. https://thehypothesis.substack.com/ ... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : It'd be nice to see all t...
2021-03-14
We have a program called Substack Pro where we pay minimum guarantees to writers to help them start publications (businesses) on Substack. Here's an explanation of how it all works. https://blog.substack.com/...
Substack Blog
Substack co-founder on how Substack Pro works: year one, writers get upfront pay, Substack keeps 85% of revenue; later, writers keep 90% revenue, no minimum pay
The thinking behind Substack Pro — When we started Substack in mid-2017, the future for writers was frightening.
2021-02-05
If you work for Facebook or Twitter but would rather work for us, please get in touch. https://substack.com/jobs.
Substack Blog
Substack co-founder says Facebook and Twitter getting into paid newsletters is a positive thing for writers and the media ecosystem, implores them to go all in
Hamish McKenzie / Substack Blog :