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title: "Jacob Newman"
description: "Jacob Newman 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."
canonical: "https://amplitude.com/en-us/blog/author/jacob-newman"
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# Jacob Newman

Jacob Newman 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.

Source: https://amplitude.com/en-us/blog/author/jacob-newman

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##### 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

[Read ](/blog/open-weights-experimentation)

[Insights](/blog/open-weights-experimentation)

###### [Practical Guide to Evaluating Open Models: Achieving Sonnet-level performance with Kimi](/blog/open-weights-experimentation)

[Aug 14, 2026](/blog/open-weights-experimentation)

[14 min read](/blog/open-weights-experimentation)

[Read ](/blog/introducing-custom-agents)

[Product](/blog/introducing-custom-agents)

###### [Agents that act on what actually happened](/blog/introducing-custom-agents)

[Jun 23, 2026](/blog/introducing-custom-agents)

[5 min read](/blog/introducing-custom-agents)

[Read ](/blog/three-prompting-tips-AI)

[Insights](/blog/three-prompting-tips-AI)

###### [Three tips for better prompts in Amplitude Global Agent](/blog/three-prompting-tips-AI)

[May 26, 2026](/blog/three-prompting-tips-AI)

[9 min read](/blog/three-prompting-tips-AI)

[Read ](/blog/default-prompts-agent-retention)

[Insights](/blog/default-prompts-agent-retention)

###### [Default prompts are tanking your agent’s retention](/blog/default-prompts-agent-retention)

[May 21, 2026](/blog/default-prompts-agent-retention)

[6 min read](/blog/default-prompts-agent-retention)

[Read ](/blog/agent-personality)

[Product](/blog/agent-personality)

###### [Most teams ship agent personalities by accident. We didn’t.](/blog/agent-personality)

[May 13, 2026](/blog/agent-personality)

[6 min read](/blog/agent-personality)

[Read ](/blog/whats-new-with-amplitude-agents)

[Product](/blog/whats-new-with-amplitude-agents)

###### [What’s new with Amplitude agents](/blog/whats-new-with-amplitude-agents)

[Apr 28, 2026](/blog/whats-new-with-amplitude-agents)

[4 min read](/blog/whats-new-with-amplitude-agents)

[Read ](/blog/agents-understand-product-analytics)

[Product](/blog/agents-understand-product-analytics)

###### [How we built agents that understand the language of product analytics](/blog/agents-understand-product-analytics)

[Apr 13, 2026](/blog/agents-understand-product-analytics)

[20 min read](/blog/agents-understand-product-analytics)

[Read ](/blog/ai-thinks-like-analyst)

[Product](/blog/ai-thinks-like-analyst)

###### [How Amplitude taught AI to think like an analyst](/blog/ai-thinks-like-analyst)

[Dec 11, 2025](/blog/ai-thinks-like-analyst)

[8 min read](/blog/ai-thinks-like-analyst)

[Read ](/blog/platform-metrics-launch)

[Product](/blog/platform-metrics-launch)

###### [Metrics reimagined: A new approach to get from insights to growth](/blog/platform-metrics-launch)

[Apr 30, 2025](/blog/platform-metrics-launch)

[5 min read](/blog/platform-metrics-launch)