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News of the day
1. Openai acquires tech talk show TBPN for hundreds of millions in a surprising move into broadcasting. → Read more
2. New Anthropic study shows AI models like Claude have 'functional emotions' that affect behavior, influencing outputs and decisions in response to cues. → Read more
3. Matthew Gallagher built Medvi from $20K to $1.8B in 18 months using AI tools, proving AI can enable solo billion-dollar companies. → Read more
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Our take
Hi Dotikers!
Yesterday, we looked at how China is structuring its five-year AI strategy with a logic of national coordination that is meticulous and ruthless. On the other side of the Pacific, OpenAI is pushing forward with a different kind of ambition: controlling not just the models, but the narrative around them.
OpenAI just announced the acquisition of TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network), a daily talk show hosted by two former startup founders, John Coogan and Jordi Hays. The format is straightforward: three hours of live broadcasting every day on YouTube and X, featuring guests who make global tech headlines, from Mark Zuckerberg to Satya Nadella. It's the first time OpenAI has acquired a media outlet.
According to the Financial Times, the deal is valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars, for a team of eleven people. For context: TBPN generated roughly $5 million in advertising revenue in 2025 and was profitable, with no outside investors. That's a fairly aggressive valuation multiple for a talk show that's barely a year old.
The acquisition comes just days after Fidji Simo, OpenAI's head of applications, urged teams to stay focused on core products and avoid getting distracted by "side quests." The timing is delicious.
OpenAI promises editorial independence: TBPN will continue to choose its own guests and set its own topics. The show will report to Chris Lehane, the head of global affairs, the man who coined the phrase "vast right-wing conspiracy" to deflect journalists during the Clinton scandal. Hard to find a better guarantor of objectivity.
What's at play here is fairly clear. OpenAI, just months away from a highly anticipated IPO, has understood that AI is won as much in conversations as in benchmarks. Acquiring a media outlet that hosts tech CEOs the way others run errands is a way to secure a central position in the industry's narrative flow. The fact that Sam Altman is described as a longtime friend of the hosts, and that the show itself is reportedly his favorite, makes the promise of editorial independence all the harder to take seriously.
Alex.
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