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OpenAI picks up tech talk show TBPN
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John Coogan and Jordi Hays at Axios Communicator Live in December 2025.
Key facts
- John Coogan and Jordi Hays at Axios Communicator Live in December 2025
- OpenAI is acquiring TBPN, the media startup with a live tech and business talk show hosted by Jordi Hays and John Coogan
- TBPN is my favorite tech show," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X
- Launched in 2024, TBPN quickly became an influential media startup in tech with a daily, three-hour live show that covers tech and finance in the style of an ESPN "SportsCenter" broadcast
Summary
OpenAI is acquiring TBPN, the media startup with a live tech and business talk show hosted by Jordi Hays and John Coogan. The deal underscores OpenAI's effort to not release AI tools but also shape the public conversation on AI. "TBPN is my favorite tech show," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X. TBPN will maintain its editorial independence and continue to run its programming and choose their guests, OpenAI's CEO of applications Fidji Simo wrote in Thursday's announcement.