# Erin Griffith

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/people/erin-griffith/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

Real Alpha has cut 2 moments of Erin Griffith (Tech reporter, The New York Times) talking, from an interview on Hard Fork published Oct 16, 2026.

- Role: Tech reporter, The New York Times
- On X: https://x.com/eringriffith

## What Erin Griffith said

- [Silicon Valley’s pitch culture blurs the line between vision and fraud](https://realalpha.app/s/silicon-valleys-pitch-culture-blurs-the-line-between-vision/)
  Hard Fork · Oct 16, 2026 · 3 min
  > “Like you do have to exaggerate and paint a grandiose vision that may not be anywhere close to reality in order to get investors on board” — Erin Griffith · [42:18](https://realalpha.app/v/zcZ4fSZJFzM/?t=2538)
- [Talent deals can leave the original startup behind](https://realalpha.app/s/talent-deals-can-leave-the-original-startup-behind/)
  Hard Fork · Oct 16, 2026 · 3 min
  > “they have to leave this like kind of sad leftover company behind that no longer has its founders” — Erin Griffith · [56:22](https://realalpha.app/v/zcZ4fSZJFzM/?t=3382)

## The episode

- [Why Nathan Fielder's ‘You Can See Everything’ Left Us Reeling | Hard Fork](https://realalpha.app/v/zcZ4fSZJFzM/) · Hard Fork · Oct 16, 2026