
TBPN
byJohn Coogan & Jordi Hays
BusinessEntrepreneurshipTechnology
TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays from 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with full episodes posted to Spotify immediately after airing. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” TBPN has interviewed Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella. Diet TBPN delivers the best moments from each episode in under 30 minutes.
Episodes(40 episodes)

E335 - AI Needs a Steve Jobs, Meta’s Nuclear Powerplants, a16z raises $15B | Diet TBPN
Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in under 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.TBPN.com is made possible by:Ramp - https://Ramp.comAppLovin - https://axon.aiCognition - https://co...
Published: Jan 10, 2026Duration: 30:17

E334 - a16z’s $15B Raise, Tim Cook Exit Rumors, Meta Goes Nuclear | Ben Horowitz, David George, Alex Rampell, Jen Kha, Jeremie Eliahou
Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com(02:19) - Tim Cook's Retirement Rumors
(09:11) - AI Needs a (Steve) Jobs
(24:54) - Meta Announces Nuclear Partnerships
(29:45) - Can AI Solve the Recycling Crisis?
(37:51) - a16z's $15B Raise
(45:14) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(01:07:25) - WSJ Mansion Section
(01:28:29) - Jeremie Eliahou is a technology analyst at Semianalysis, where he focuses on semiconductors, AI hardware, and datacenter infrastructure. His work is known for deep technical rigor and clear analysis of GPU roadmaps, compute economics, and industry supply chains.
(02:01:29) - Jen Kha, Operating Partner and Head of Investor Relat...
Published: Jan 9, 2026Duration: 3:04:37

E333 - The Jamie Dimon Apple Card, Greenland Ideas, WB-Paramount, TBPN x Vanity Fair | Diet TBPN
Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in under 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.TBPN.com is made possible by:Ramp - https://Ramp.comAppLovin - https://axon.aiCognition - https://co...
Published: Jan 9, 2026Duration: 29:22

E332 - Dimon’s Take on Apple Card, Trump’s Greenland Play, VC Winter Deepens | Josh Wolfe, Delian Asparouhov, Arun Gupta, Julie Bush, Winston Weinberg, Yotam Segev
Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com(01:37) - Dimon’s Take on Apple Card
(23:11) - VC Winter Deepens
(27:47) - Trump’s Greenland Play
(41:07) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(56:51) - Anthropic Raises $10B
(01:02:44) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(01:27:31) - Delian Asparouhov, a Partner at Founders Fund and Co-Founder of Varda Space Industries, discusses the K-shaped distribution in venture capital, where a significant portion of funding is concentrated in a few large companies, leading to fewer deals and companies staying private longer. He highlights the increasing use of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) by venture firms to participate in large funding roun...
Published: Jan 9, 2026Duration: 3:16:40

E331 - xAI Raises $20B, Anthropic’s $350B Valuation, OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health | Diet TBPN
Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in under 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.TBPN.com is made possible by:Ramp - https://Ramp.comAppLovin - https://axon.aiCognition - https://co...
Published: Jan 8, 2026Duration: 29:36

E330 - xAI’s $20B Raise, Semafor’s $30M Round, America’s Tech Decline | Ravi Gupta & Pat Grady, Vincenzo Landino, Nigel Vaz, Ben Smith, Jacob Rintamaki
(00:32) - xAI's $20B Series E
(13:36) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(25:34) - Semafor's $30M Funding
(31:19) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(53:37) - The Decline of the American Technology Industry
(01:10:07) - Boston Biotech Bubble Bursts
(01:14:46) - OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health
(01:27:36) - Vincenzo Landino, founder and managing director of Business of Speed, a motorsport-focused marketing consultancy, discusses his lifelong passion for racing, stemming from his Italian heritage and early exposure to motorsports. He highlights the significant growth in Formula 1's popularity in the United States, attributing it to strategic content initiatives like Netflix's "Drive to Survive" and ESPN's coverage, which have attracted new fans and increased team v...
Published: Jan 7, 2026Duration: 3:26:39

E329 - The legacy and future of CES, Dwarkesh’s “Capital in the 22nd Century,” Ben Thompson’s “AI and the Human Condition” | Diet TBPN
Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in under 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.TBPN.com is made possible by:Ramp - https://Ramp.comAppLovin - https://axon.aiCognition - https://co...
Published: Jan 7, 2026Duration: 28:08

E328 - The Death of the Tech Conference, Jake Paul Joins, Dimon Launches Deregulation Blitz | Jake Paul & Geoffrey Woo, Matt Pavelle, David Senra & Lulu Cheng, Casey Newton, Alex Epstein, Jamie Siminoff
(02:19) - The Death of the Tech Conference
(23:27) - Dimon Launches Deregulation Blitz
(27:49) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(01:16:29) - Casey Newton, an American technology journalist and founder of the Platformer newsletter, discusses his investigation into a viral Reddit post alleging unethical practices by food delivery companies, which was later revealed to be a hoax. He details his initial belief in the post's plausibility, his communication with the purported whistleblower, and the red flags that emerged during their interactions. Newton reflects on the challenges posed by AI-generated content in journalism and emphasizes the need for enhanced vigilance and fact-checking in the digital age...
Published: Jan 6, 2026Duration: 3:49:09

E327 - Dan Wang's Annual Letter, Meta Acquires Manus, Nvidia's $20B Groq Deal | Diet TBPN
Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in under 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.TBPN.com is made possible by: Ramp - https://Ramp.comAppLovin - https://axon.aiCognition...
Published: Jan 6, 2026Duration: 35:37

E326 - Dan Wang's Annual Letter, Meta Acquires Manus, Nvidia's $20B Groq Deal | Justin Mares
(02:25) - Dan Wang's Annual Letter
(43:08) - Meta Acquires Manus
(59:33) - Nvidia's $20B Groq Deal
(01:10:48) - Doordash Responds to Reddit Firestorm
(01:43:53) - California Wealth Tax Targets Billionaires
(02:00:54) - Scott Belsky's 12 Outlooks for the Future
(02:27:20) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(02:32:31) - Justin Mares, co-founder and CEO of Truemed, is a wellness entrepreneur dedicated to making preventive healthcare more accessible by enabling individuals to use HSA/FSA funds for health-promoting products and services. In the conversation, he discusses Truemed's recent $34 million Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, the company's mission to shift healthcare spending towards prevention, and the growing adoption of HSAs and...
Published: Jan 5, 2026Duration: 2:57:34

E325 - TBPN Year in Review, TikTok Aims for $50B, Dana White on the AI Race | Diet TBPN
Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in under 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.TBPN.com is made possible by:Ramp - https://ramp.comFigma - https://figma.comVanta...
Published: Dec 20, 2025Duration: 31:47

E324 - 2025 in Review, Cursor Acquires Graphite, TikTok's $50B Profit | Michael Truell & Merrill Lutsky, Pranav Myana, Anna Goldie, Edward Mehr
(00:25) - 2025 in Review
(17:34) - TikTok's $50B Profit
(22:34) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(24:27) - Michael Truell & Merrill Lutsky, co-founder and CEO of Anysphere, leads the company behind Cursor, an AI-powered code editor that has rapidly gained prominence in the software development industry. In the conversation, Truell discusses the integration of Graphite and Cursor, emphasizing their shared vision for the future of software development, the transformative impact of AI agents on coding practices, and the strategic steps both companies are taking to enhance developer collaboration and productivity.
(47:48) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(01:04:20) - OpenAI Declares Code Red
(01:16:15) - Pranav Myana, a San Francisco-based entrepreneur and 77...
Published: Dec 19, 2025Duration: 2:21:00

E323 - OpenAI Sets Sights on $750B Valuation, Warner Brothers Questions Paramount’s Funding, The 2025 Model Wars In Review | Diet TBPN
Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in under 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.TBPN.com is made possible by:Ramp - https://ramp.comFigma - https://figma.comVanta...
Published: Dec 19, 2025Duration: 34:03

E322 - $DJT Goes Nuclear, OpenAI in talks at $750B, 2025 Model Wars in Review | Brian Armstrong & Tarek Mansour, Simon Eskildsen
(00:30) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(05:02) - OpenAI in talks at $750B
(08:56) - WB Board Questions Paramount's Funding Stability
(23:03) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(55:03) - Brian Armstrong and Tarek Mansour are the co-founders of Coinbase, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency platforms. Armstrong, a former Airbnb engineer, serves as CEO and has been a leading advocate for mainstream crypto adoption, while Mansour, Coinbase’s CTO, architected much of the company’s core infrastructure and security systems.
(01:11:58) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(01:44:16) - Simon Hørup Eskildsen, co-founder and CEO of turbopuffer—a serverless vector and full-text search platform—discusses the company's recent addition of Thrive Capital as an...
Published: Dec 18, 2025Duration: 2:38:24

E321 - Amazon Bets $10B on OpenAI, Ford’s Reality Check, Paramount Deal Unravels | Diet TBPN
Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in under 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.TBPN.com is made possible by:Ramp - https://ramp.comFigma - https://figma.comVanta...
Published: Dec 18, 2025Duration: 29:46

E320 - Amazon x OpenAI, Ford's EV Reality Check, Kushner Drops WB Bid | Sarah Guo, David Senra, Doug O'Laughlin, Doug Bernauer, Jacob Effron, Logan Kilpatrick
(02:12) - Ford's EV Reality Check
(21:03) - Amazon x OpenAI
(33:13) - Kushner Drops WB Bid
(39:53) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(57:33) - Sarah Guo is the founder and managing partner of Conviction, an early-stage venture firm focused on backing transformative software and AI companies. She’s known for combining deep technical fluency with a strong product lens, shaped by her experience as a partner at Greylock and as a former Facebook product leader.
(01:32:29) - Doug O'Laughlin an expert in artificial intelligence and data center infrastructure, discusses Amazon's strategic partnership with OpenAI, emphasizing Amazon's superior execution in data center expansion and power availability. He hi...
Published: Dec 17, 2025Duration: 3:18:44

E319 - Do Companies Need Storytellers, Ford’s EV Flop, Kushner Paramount Pullout | Diet TBPN
Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in under 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.TBPN.com is made possible by:Ramp - https://ramp.comFigma - https://figma.comVanta...
Published: Dec 17, 2025Duration: 29:26

E318 - You Don't Need a Storyteller, ChatGPT Images, Ali on the Series L | Karri Saarinen, Mike Cessario, Elliot Cohen, Ali Ghodsi
(00:55) - Viral WSJ 'You Don't Need a Storyteller' Piece
(28:52) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(34:03) - ChatGPT Images 1.5
(46:05) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(01:00:44) - Coreweave Tests AI Market Hype
(01:11:40) - The Price of Ford's EV Push
(01:19:58) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(01:30:32) - Karri Saarinen, co-founder and CEO of Linear, a project management tool, previously served as Principal Designer at Airbnb and Head of Design at Coinbase. In the conversation, he discusses the importance of maintaining a broad perspective in design, cautioning against conflating design with coding, as it may limit creativity and lead to conservative solutions. He emphasizes the need for a conceptual design phase to explor...
Published: Dec 16, 2025Duration: 3:23:58

E317 - Apple Tax is Dead, OpenAI Ends Vesting Cliff, Anthropic’s Massive TPU Order | Diet TBPN
Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in under 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.TBPN.com is made possible by:Ramp - https://ramp.comFigma - https://figma.comVanta...
Published: Dec 16, 2025Duration: 29:45

E316 - 🟡 Evan Spiegel LIVE in the Ultradome | Colin & Samir, RJ Scaringe, Scott Kupor
(04:53) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(56:21) - Evan Spiegel is the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., best known for creating Snapchat, the camera-driven social platform he helped launch while still a Stanford student, and has since become one of the youngest self-made billionaires in tech while steering Snap’s evolution into an augmented-reality–focused company.
(01:43:03) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(01:49:47) - RJ Scaringe, founder and CEO of Rivian Automotive, discusses the company's strategic focus on expanding its product lineup with the upcoming R2 SUV, aiming to offer a more affordable electric vehicle option starting at around $45,000. He highlights the importance of vertical integratio...
Published: Dec 15, 2025Duration: 3:28:44