OpenAI has acquired TBPN, a Silicon Valley tech talk show founded in late 2024 by entrepreneurs John Coogan and Jordi Hays that has hosted guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, and Sam Altman, with both founders joining OpenAI as part of the deal. OpenAI says it will maintain TBPN’s editorial independence and framed the acquisition as consistent with a long history of media sitting within larger enterprises, drawing comparisons to Microsoft’s co-creation of MSNBC and Bloomberg’s ownership of Bloomberg News.
