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Two operators, thirty years, and one very unusual moment

Pete and Marty have founded, scaled, run and sold many companies through major technology shifts including the internet, cloud and mobile. AI is different — it is changing what a company is, as well as how it is organized and operates. NewPrism is where they work that out in public.

Pete Buhl, NewPrism co-founder

Pete Buhl

Co-founder

Pete is a founder, operator and investor with more than 30 years in technology. He is the founder of MOPAIQ and previously founded and led Beeline Bikes through acquisition. He also spent 12 years in venture capital as a co-founding general partner of BlueRun Ventures, with experience across 30+ investments and 15+ M&A and exit transactions. Pete has a BS from the University of California, Berkeley.

Marty Beard, NewPrism co-founder

Marty Beard

Co-founder

Marty is a CEO and COO with more than 30 years leading technology companies, including BlackBerry, LiveOps, alwaysAI and Hayden AI. He has built, restructured and scaled companies through many different technology waves, including the internet, mobile, cloud and now AI. Marty has a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from Georgetown University.

What you'll find here
The NewPrism podcast, every other week

The two of us working through one question at a time.

An essay from each of us, in between

Written separately. We don’t edit each other and don’t always land in the same place.

Arguments, not takes

We try to write things that could be wrong, and say what would change our minds.

We also build MOPAIQ

A separate product, built from the operating problems we write about.

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