
Jacob Newman
Principal Product Manager, Amplitude
Jacob is a product manager at Amplitude, focused on the core analytics product. He began his career at startups in the ed-tech and recruiting space, where he learned to build products informed by data. Outside of work, you’ll find him listening to podcasts or getting lost in a sci-fi or fantasy novel.
Posts by Jacob

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Insights
Practical Guide to Evaluating Open Models: Achieving Sonnet-level performance with Kimi
Aug 14, 2026
14 min read

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Product
Agents that act on what actually happened
Jun 23, 2026
5 min read

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Insights
Three tips for better prompts in Amplitude Global Agent
May 26, 2026
9 min read

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Insights
Default prompts are tanking your agent’s retention
May 21, 2026
6 min read

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Product
Most teams ship agent personalities by accident. We didn’t.
May 13, 2026
6 min read

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Product
What’s new with Amplitude agents
Apr 28, 2026
4 min read

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Product
How we built agents that understand the language of product analytics
Apr 13, 2026
20 min read

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Product
How Amplitude taught AI to think like an analyst
Dec 11, 2025
8 min read

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Product
Metrics reimagined: A new approach to get from insights to growth
Apr 30, 2025
5 min read