Erik Torenberg's 11-person new media talent list: AI's hardest role to hire
Madisonkanna · x · 2026-10-13
Erik Torenberg published his 'Top New Media Talent' list on Cosign, responding to adelwu's hiring-gap thesis: the hardest role to hire right now is someone chronically online, with taste and creation skills, who understands AI and executes with quality — a niche every AI startup wants.
The 11 names span OpenAI Strategic Futures (Henry Williams, David Oks), a16z New Media partner Gaby Goldberg, 1X VP of Product & Design dar, Vercel's Alli Pope, Cerebras DevX head Sarah Chieng, Stripe Press's Tamara Winter, Fireworks AI's Madison Kanna, and more — signaling that AI companies are systematically building new-media/content roles.
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