US EditionOpenAI acquires technology talk show TBPN in surprise move
The show will keep its editorial control and continue to choose its guests as OpenAI uses it to sharpen communications with AI builders.
- OpenAI has completed a surprise acquisition of the technology streaming show “TPBN,” a move that has caught Silicon Valley off guard.
- The deal was officially confirmed through online announcements by both brands on Thursday.
- The specific financial terms and the total cost of the acquisition have not been disclosed to the public.
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OpenAI’s talk show acquisition points to the industry’s image problem
The NewsOpenAI is building superintelligence. So why is it wasting time on talk shows? AI-focused daily tech show TBPN had cultivated a modest but high-value audience with its loose, sports-style coverage, but in the cutthroat post-traffic digital media era, it’s easy to see why TBPN would bite on an offer reportedly in the “low hundreds of millions” for an operation that’s essentially just a few guys with a YouTube channel and an X account.Know…
OpenAI isn’t just buying a podcast — it’s buying influence
OpenAI’s out-of-the-blue acquisition of TBPN, the buzzy online talk show, stunned the worlds of media and technology. But it’s a continuation of a pattern that dates back a hundred years, to 1926, when RCA created NBC in part to sell radios.
Tech Media Propaganda Operation Makes It Official, Goes In-House At OpenAI
On Thursday, OpenAI announced that it had acquired the Technology Business Programming Network (TBPN) show. The Financial Times reports that the recently de-Sorafied AI giant paid somewhere in the "low hundreds of millions of dollars" for the purchase. The deal immediately prompted a great deal of online handwringing about a nominal media operation selling out to one of the biggest companies in Silicon Valley, which is understandable but unwarra…
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