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What we can offer press.

Murray Newlands is available for on-the-record interviews, expert commentary, and background conversations with journalists covering AI leadership, executive community and peer learning, venture investment, and Silicon Valley technology trends.

This page provides the key facts, biography text in multiple lengths, and speaking topics that journalists typically need. For anything else, use the contact below.

Press Contact

Murray Newlands
murray@openfutureforum.com
Response within 48 hours

What to know about Open Future Forum.

  • 01Entity: Open Future Forum is a private executive community in Silicon Valley that runs events and dinners for C-suite executives.
  • 02Events hosted: More than 100
  • 03Tiers: Forum Events (open) and Forum Select (invitation-only, off-the-record)
  • 04Formats: Private dinners, panels, roundtables, golf, sailing, wine tastings, suites at games, founder gatherings
  • 05Roles served: CEO, CFO, CMO, CISO, CTO, founders, investors, board directors
  • 06Geography: Silicon Valley roots, national footprint
  • 07Recognition: HuffPost Top 10 People to Know in Silicon Valley, Murray Newlands ranked #2
  • 08Note on off-the-record: Applies to Forum Select (private dinner tier) only, not to the whole brand

In the press.

Third-party coverage of Murray Newlands and Open Future Forum. Every item listed here is real and linkable. A shorter honest list is better than an inflated one.

Yahoo Finance

Quoted on executive loneliness and the rise of trusted peer communities, as founder of Open Future Forum, “a top executive leadership community.”

Huffington Post

Murray's own writing not coverage about him

Murray has contributed articles under his own name to the following publications. These are his bylines, not third-party coverage about Open Future Forum.

HuffPost Forbes Inc. Time Entrepreneur The Guardian Business Insider Mashable

What Murray speaks on.

Murray Newlands is available for expert commentary, conference keynotes, and podcast appearances on the following topics.

Topic 1

AI leadership and C-suite strategy

What the AI era actually demands from the C-suite, how executives are making AI decisions today, and where leadership is the real constraint on AI success.

Topic 2

Executive community and peer learning

Why small, trusted rooms produce better decisions than large networks, and how the give-first philosophy creates compounding value in executive peer communities.

Topic 3

Venture investment and Silicon Valley

The current state of AI investment, what distinguishes companies that scale from those that plateau, and how Silicon Valley is evolving as the AI era reshapes the technology industry.

Murray Newlands: biography texts.

Three versions of Murray's biography for different format needs. These are for editorial use. Please verify any claims you intend to publish from primary sources.

One sentence

Murray Newlands is the founder of Open Future Forum and Partner at IA Seed Ventures and Tilden Family Office Group.

Short (2 sentences)

Murray Newlands is the founder of Open Future Forum and Partner at IA Seed Ventures and Tilden Family Office Group. HuffPost named him number two on its Top 10 People to Know in Silicon Valley, and he was previously a C-level executive at Turing.com, where the team scaled the company to approximately a $4 billion valuation.

Full biography

Murray Newlands is the founder of Open Future Forum and Partner at IA Seed Ventures and Tilden Family Office Group. HuffPost named him number two on its Top 10 People to Know in Silicon Valley. He was previously a C-level executive at Turing.com, where the team scaled the company to approximately a $4 billion valuation. He is the author of Online Marketing: A User’s Manual (Wiley). He has contributed to Forbes, Inc., Time, The Guardian, and HuffPost, and speaks regularly on AI leadership, executive community, and Silicon Valley technology trends. Murray convenes Open Future Forum's private dinners and events, bringing together C-suite executives navigating AI decisions through the give-first peer community he built.

Press inquiries.

For interview requests, expert commentary, press kits, or brand assets, reach Murray directly. Response within 48 hours for press inquiries with a deadline.

Press questions answered

Is Murray Newlands available for media interviews?
Yes. Murray is available for on-the-record interviews, expert commentary, and background conversations with journalists on AI leadership, executive community, venture investment, and Silicon Valley technology trends.
Who is the founder of Open Future Forum?
Open Future Forum was founded by Murray Newlands, Partner at IA Seed Ventures and Tilden Family Office Group. HuffPost named him number two on its Top 10 People to Know in Silicon Valley.
What topics can Murray speak on?
AI leadership and strategy for the C-suite, executive community and peer learning, venture investment and company building, Silicon Valley technology trends, and the give-first philosophy.
Is Open Future Forum off-the-record?
Off-the-record applies to Forum Select, the private dinner tier only. Forum Events, the open tier, are not off-the-record. This is an important distinction for accurate reporting.
Where has Murray been published?
Murray has contributed to Forbes, Inc., Time, The Guardian, and HuffPost. He is the author of Online Marketing: A User's Manual (Wiley).
How do I request a press kit?
Email murray@openfutureforum.com with your outlet name, deadline, and the nature of your request. Response within 48 hours for press inquiries with a deadline.