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This is our full interview with Thomas Laffont, recorded live on TBPN. We discuss his upbringing between Paris and New York, his determined path into Hollywood through CAA’s mailroom, and the lessons he carried from entertainment into investing, from spotting Apple early to navigating AI, private markets, and the future of tech. Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com Follow TBPN: https://...

(00:45) - Meta Employees Tokenmaxxing (15:43) - Intel Joins the Terafab Project (29:59) - Corporate Retreat Gone Wrong (45:34) - Big Tech Teams up Against China (53:01) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (01:00:29) - Riley Walz, a 23-year-old software engineer and tech enthusiast, is known for his inventive projects that blend technology with community engagement. In the conversation, he discusses his latest...

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...

(02:28) - $1B GLP-1 Lessons (26:57) - China's Pork Problem (30:39) - America's Best New Weapon (38:59) - Inside OpenAI & Anthropic's Finances (44:48) - The New AI Careers (52:53) - China in the AI Talent Race (56:33) - China's 2030 Master Plan (01:06:13) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (01:15:41) - Sam Broner, co-founder of The Better Money Company, discusses raising $10 million to build a stablecoin c...

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...

Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (00:14) - OpenAI Acquires TBPN (21:42) - Artemis II Reactions (30:29) - The One-Man $1B Company (41:50) - Timeline Reactions (46:39) - Best Quarter for Big Deals Ever (54:26) - Private Credit's Evangelist Under Fire (01:03:47) - Apple at 50 (01:24:48) - Marc Lore, an American entrepreneur and investor, is renowned for founding Diapers.com and Jet.com...

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 Eddy Cue, recorded live on TBPN. We discuss his early years at Apple, his admiration for Steve Jobs' innovation, and the challenges of launching the original Apple online store amidst concerns from traditional retail channels. Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com TBPN.com is made possible by: Ramp - https://Ramp.com AppLovin - https://axon.ai Cisco - http...

Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (02:18) - Artemis II Launch (10:50) - Jamie Dimon's Plan (14:20) - Buffett's Protégé Joins JPMorgan (20:10) - Save Snap Now (31:10) - The Artemis II Launch Technology (38:35) - The Great KitKat Heist (45:25) - Microsoft Eyes $7B Texas Power Plant (54:19) - OpenAI Preps "Social Contract" Push After $122B Raise (01:00:37) - Timeline Reactions (01:10:15...

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...

Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:47) - AI Is Coming for Your Memes (11:42) - Axios NPM Package Compromised (23:17) - Claude Code Source Code Leak (34:36) - Google: Quantum Threat to Crypto is Real (42:16) - Timeline Reactions (57:57) - Alex Pruden, a former Army Green Beret and Stanford graduate, is the CEO and co-founder of Project Eleven, a company dedicated to securing digita...

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 Tae Kim, recorded live on TBPN. We discuss why he believes fears around Nvidia and AI infrastructure are overblown despite recent market pullbacks, unpack how exploding inference demand from coding agents and enterprise adoption is driving a sustained compute shortage that Nvidia is uniquely positioned to capture after locking up key supply, and debate what this nex...

Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:49) - The Lawyer Who Beat Meta and Google (15:44) - The Social Media Addiction Placebo Controlled Trial (32:54) - Revisiting The Jetsons (42:16) - What I Hate Most About Hotel Room Tech (48:37) - Sysco to Acquire Restaurant Depot (51:08) - Office Chair Racing (01:00:08) - Tae Kim, a financial analyst and founder of the newsletter "Key Context," d...

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...

Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:53) - Novartis to Buy Excellergy for $2B (11:04) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (24:08) - Anthropic Stories (33:06) - Mansion Section (54:23) - Billy Boman, an AI visual creator and educator, discusses his journey from a creative upbringing and formal design education to roles in fashion and tech, culminating in his current focus on AI-driven content cre...

This is our full interview with Nima Jalali, recorded live on TBPN. We discuss how he went from pro snowboarder to building one of the fastest-growing personal care brands in the market, unpack why relentless product obsession, profitability from day one, and brand building over playbook thinking helped the company scale to $165 million in revenue, and debate what aspiring consumer founders can le...

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...

Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (02:36) - Arm's $15B Chip Bet (14:38) - Sanders & AOC: Pause Data Centers (27:54) - Meta & YouTube Lose Addiction Trial (37:08) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (44:34) - "Thou Shalt Not Steal" Op-Ed Reaction (52:20) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (01:13:50) - Eric Goldman, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of La...

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...

Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (00:53) - The Benchmark Ship of Theseus (14:16) - OpenAI to Kill Sora (23:56) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (43:07) - SpaceX Could File for an IPO This Week (51:57) - Manus Founder Stuck in China (59:34) - Mike Knoop is the co-founder of Zapier, the automation platform that connects apps and workflows without code. He is also a co-founder of the ARC Prize,...

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...

Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (06:46) - Who Won The Great Peptide Debate (13:57) - Ternus Steps Into Apple Spotlight (34:12) - TBPN Featured in Fast Company (39:11) - OpenAI's Non-Profit to Spend $1B in 2026 (40:59) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (50:52) - Chase Lochmiller is the co-founder and CEO of Crusoe, an energy and computing company that uses stranded natural gas to power data ce...

This is our full interview with Martin Shkreli and Max Marchione, recorded live on TBPN. We discuss the sharp divide between biotech orthodoxy and the rising peptide movement, unpack the fight over whether compounds like BPC-157 are dangerous gray-market hype or promising under-researched tools with real-world patient impact, and debate whether the FDA should hold the line on traditional evidence...

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...