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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...

(01:32) - Harvey's Margin Whiplash (12:54) - Insects > Humans? (26:44) - Human Powered Agents (45:59) - McLaren Rebrand (50:27) - Toy Sales Growth Driven by Adults (56:12) - Ben Thompson, founder of the technology analysis publication Stratechery, discusses how AI agents, personal assistants, and future robotics can eliminate tedious real-world tasks. He also explores consumer behavior, arguing...

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...

(01:46) - AI Video Models (22:59) - Seedance Strategy (29:40) - Meta Up Big (31:10) - Amazon Blocks Muse (44:19) - Augustus Doricko discusses Rainmaker’s $100 million Series B and its mission to address global water shortages through autonomous drone-based cloud seeding. He explains the company’s work with data centers, ski resorts, governments, and researchers, as well as how AI is accelerating i...

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...

(02:34) - Snap officially launches Specs (27:18) - Paramount scouts offices in Nashville (30:25) - Reacting to new clip from 'The Social Reckoning' (41:00) - Japan’s monks turn to investing (55:51) - Aaref Hilaly discusses Bain Capital Ventures’ post-AGI investment strategy, arguing that abundant intelligence will unlock transformative opportunities in robotics, drug discovery, simulation, and AI...

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...

(00:52) - Third Party Evaluators (14:00) - Fed Hikes Rates (18:47) - Zuck Pushes Back On AI Slowdown (37:44) - Kalshi's AI Compute Market Closed (49:45) - Jeremy Allaire discusses Circle’s launch of Arc, a blockchain-based economic operating system designed for payments, capital markets, and trusted AI-agent transactions. The Circle co-founder, chairman, and CEO also explains how stablecoins such...

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...

(01:10) - High Interest Rate Phenomenon (17:46) - WSJ Opinion: 'The People Get a Vote on AI Safety' (30:00) - Timeline Reactions (51:45) - Driscoll's China Bet Backfires (57:47) - Jim VandeHei, co-founder and CEO of Axios, discusses his book *Simplify*, which presents a system for increasing productivity by focusing on high-value work and eliminating or automating unnecessary tasks. He also explor...

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...

(04:30) - The "Pacing AI" Debate (27:51) - Nico Wittenborn discusses his journey from growing up in Germany and selling refurbished iPhones to founding Adjacent, a solo-GP venture firm. He shares his investment strategy across consumer subscriptions, AI, hardware, and European technology, highlighting investments such as Speechify, Oura, Revolut, and Bending Spoons. (01:00:18) - Scott Keogh, CEO o...

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...

(01:54) - Washington on AI Risk (23:07) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (34:23) - Fruitfly Hard Takeoff (41:07) - Thijs Simonian discusses his exploratory robotics work as an OpenAI intern, including connecting Codex to an inexpensive, open-source robotic arm that can plan, paint, monitor its progress, and improve through iteration. He highlights the potential for affordable robots to handle everyday tasks...

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...

(01:47) - The Future of AI (10:57) - AI Safety Takes Over the Timeline (12:48) - Spoon = Bent (Again) (17:54) - iPhone Duo Reactions (24:17) - Garry Tan discusses Y Combinator’s growing focus on hard tech and how AI enables small teams to build ambitious hardware, software, defense, and gaming companies with fewer resources. The Y Combinator CEO predicts AI-native startups will outcompete establis...

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...

(01:44) - Apple Unveils iPhone Duo (13:08) - Steve Jobs Predicts ChatGPT (21:38) - Apple Kicks off Ternus Era (30:03) - Meta Launches Muse AI Agent (45:41) - Anthropic Researcher Quits Over AI (54:08) - David Cahn discusses how AI is reshaping venture capital through concentrated investment in leading private companies, an approaching wave of IPOs, and massive data-center infrastructure needs. The...

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...

(00:57) - Math Wars (14:38) - Astra Reactions (26:47) - Trailer Zone (39:19) - AI Job Boom Beats the Doom (52:57) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (01:02:27) - Dan Wright discusses Armada’s mission to bring modular AI infrastructure to underserved regions as the “hyperscaler for the edge.” He highlights the company’s rapid growth, scalable Galleon data centers, use of stranded renewable energy, and focus on...

This is our full interview with OpenAI Co-Founder and President Greg Brockman. We discuss how OpenAI solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem, what Astra reveals about the future of computer use, why AI is shifting from chatbots to agents that can actually do work for you, how ChatGPT could transform healthcare, why image generation is unlocking entirely new applications, what OpenAI lear...

(00:49) - Astra Reactions (21:43) - Jobs Report (41:20) - The Dyson Debate (51:17) - Cybercab Roll Out (58:00) - Hunter Somerville discusses his role as co-head of venture and growth equity at StepStone Group, where he invests across funds, direct deals, and secondary transactions. He examines the difficult fundraising environment for emerging managers, inflated valuations and SPV fees, cap-table...

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...

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 interview with Pablo Torre. We discuss how he uncovered the alleged scheme to funnel $48 million to Kawhi Leonard, why Steve Ballmer risked circumventing the NBA salary cap, how money was routed through companies tied to the Clippers, why the NBA handed Ballmer a historic punishment, whether he could be forced to sell the team, what happens if he goes to war with the NBA, and more...