Well, hark! OpenAI has done the unthinkable-swiped the TBPN tech talk show like a barn cat after a chicken, all in the name of “communicating with audiences.” As if folks ain’t already drowning in their product emails, why not add a splash of TV to the deluge?
Per the April 2nd missive (read: press release), the LA-based program now resides under OpenAI’s gilded cage. The price? A mystery, but let’s assume it cost more than a new horse-and-buggy. Or perhaps the payment was in AI-generated gold coins-surely they’re valuable in some alternate universe.
TBPN, helmed by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, serves up three hours of live drivel daily, interviewing folks who’ve never met a VC they didn’t adore. Recent guests include Mark Zuckerberg (the “I’m not a bad guy, really!” edition), Satya Nadella (who probably forgot his own password), and Sam Altman (who’s probably busy plotting world domination). All hail the tech circus!
OpenAI’s leadership insists this acquisition is all about “shaping the AI narrative.” In other words, they’ll now be the ones telling us how great it is to hand over our souls to machines. Fidji Simo, their chief of strategy, waxed poetic about “real, constructive conversation” in an internal memo. One imagines her writing this while sipping kombucha and nodding solemnly at a PowerPoint slide titled “Synergy.”
Though TBPN will technically keep its editorial freedom, let’s not be naive. It’s now a propaganda puppet in OpenAI’s marketing marionette show. But hey, at least they’ll keep the “constructive conversation” bit in the memo-because nothing says “trust us” like buzzwords.
Founded in October 2024 (yes, the future is here), TBPN hit daily livestreaming in March 2025 and now draws 70,000 souls across X, YouTube, and Spotify. Not exactly Netflix numbers, but in the rarefied air of tech bros, that’s a sellout crowd. Legacy outlets like Bloomberg? Pfft. Those dinosaurs can’t even spell “algorithm.”
And just in time for this shindig, OpenAI closed a $122 billion funding round-led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank. Because nothing says “democracy” like letting a few billionaires fund your chatbot’s dreams.
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2026-04-03 08:28