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Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella...

(01:25) - SpaceX IPO (12:37) - Anthropic Revenue Surges (17:31) - OpenAI Solves the Erdős Problem (27:53) - Alex Tabarrok, a Canadian-American economist and professor at George Mason University, co-authors the Marginal Revolution blog and co-founded Marginal Revolution University. He discusses the Baumol effect, explaining how sectors with stagnant productivity, like education and healthcare, expe...

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella...

(01:25) - Google I/O Reactions (25:45) - SpaceX IPO (28:17) - Dylan Field, CEO and founder of Figma, discusses the impact of AI on design, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a balanced perspective amidst rapid technological changes. He introduces Figma's Design Agent, an AI tool designed to assist designers by automating routine tasks, thereby allowing them to focus on more creative aspects...

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella...

(00:09) - Google I/O Reactions (24:14) - Karpathy Joins Anthropic (28:29) - Reactions to Spotify's New Icon (33:49) - Birth Rate Debates (45:18) - Jim Belosic, CEO and founder of SendCutSend, a company specializing in on-demand manufacturing services, discusses the recent achievement of securing a $110 million investment, valuing the company at $1 billion. He shares plans to utilize the funds to e...

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella...

(00:17) - Jury Rules Against Musk (02:23) - Leopold's Situational Awareness 13F Is Out (16:03) - Data Center Backlash Gets Serious (44:47) - Mike Isaac, a technology reporter at The New York Times, discusses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, highlighting Musk's strategy of using memorable phrases like "you can't steal a charity" to appeal to jurors unfamiliar with nonprofit contract law. He note...

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella...

(00:19) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions w/ Rahul Sonwalkar, founder and CEO of Julius AI, a startup building AI-powered tools for data analysis and quantitative reasoning. The company focuses on making it easier for users to analyze spreadsheets, generate visualizations, and interact with data using natural language. (01:10) - Dine with Warren Buffet for $9M (05:35) - Typing Loses Ground to Whispering (16:...

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella...

(01:04) - Cerebras IPO (21:36) - Warsh Confirmed as FED Chair (30:51) - Amy Reinhard is the President of Advertising at Netflix, where she leads the company’s global ads business and monetization strategy. She oversees Netflix’s push into ad-supported streaming, partnerships with advertisers, and the development of new advertising products and measurement capabilities. (45:46) - General Catalyst A...

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella...

(00:50) - Trump-Xi Summit (28:35) - Space Data Centers (37:29) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (57:39) - Wall Street's Inflation Fears Rise (01:01:37) - Max Levchin, a Ukrainian-American software engineer and entrepreneur, co-founded PayPal in 1998 and currently serves as the CEO of Affirm, a financial technology company offering "buy now, pay later" services. In his recent conversation, Levchin discussed...

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella...

This is our full conversation with Roger Lynch, recorded live on TBPN. We discuss why trusted media brands like Vogue and The New Yorker may become even more valuable in the AI era, how Condé Nast is adapting to the collapse of search traffic and the rise of AI-generated content, why Roger believes publishers should stop relying on Google for distribution, and how the company is thinking about sub...

(00:23) - Trial Update (13:10) - AI SPVs (24:28) - Thinking Machines Interaction Models (29:16) - Doomberg is an anonymous team of former industry executives who write about energy markets, finance, and geopolitics, known for their green chicken avatar and a Substack newsletter with over 373,000 subscribers. In the conversation, Doomberg discusses their decision to maintain anonymity to preserve b...

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella...

(00:29) - AP & Swatch Collab (16:45) - Cerebras Boosts IPO Price Range (24:56) - Trump to Visit China (29:37) - Timeline Reactions (36:37) - Ferdinand Dabitz, co-founder and CEO of Augustus, a fintech company specializing in instant bank payments, discusses the recent conditional approval from the SEC to charter Augustus National Bank as a full-service U.S. national bank. He emphasizes the unp...

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella...

This is our full conversation with Brian Chesky, recorded live on TBPN. We discuss how Airbnb reaccelerated growth by rebuilding startup intensity and embracing “founder mode” leadership, why Chesky believes today’s AI chatbots are not the right interface for the future of travel and e-commerce, how Airbnb is using AI across the business with 60% of its code now written by AI, and why he believes...

(01:34) - Apple and Intel Reach Chip Deal (10:05) - The American Economic Rollercoaster (27:52) - Timeline Reactions (43:48) - Josh Reeves, CEO and co-founder of Gusto, a company specializing in payroll, benefits, and HR solutions for small businesses, discusses the company's recent milestone of surpassing $1 billion in trailing revenue, attributing this achievement to their commitment to assistin...

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella...

This is our full conversation with Ryan Cohen, recorded live on TBPN. We discuss his $125/share bid to acquire eBay through a half cash, half stock deal and why he believes combining it with GameStop could unlock massive value, how he plans to cut billions in costs, operate with an owner mindset, and use GameStop’s physical store footprint to authenticate collectibles and drive growth, and why he...

(01:06) - OpenAI vs Elon Musk Continues (09:19) - U.S. Gets Early Access to AI Models (21:22) - Courtroom Simulator (23:25) - Coinbase Cuts 14% of Staff (28:37) - Meta's Cheap Stock May Be A Trap (32:51) - Harley Finkelstein, born November 8, 1983, in Montreal, is a Canadian entrepreneur and the president of Shopify. In the conversation, he highlights Shopify's recent achievements, including conse...