{"id":7992049,"date":"2026-04-02T11:08:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/?p=7992049"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:20:55","slug":"openai-tbpn-acquired-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/industry-news\/business\/openai-tbpn-acquired-media\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Acquires Tech Talk Show TBPN in Major Move Into Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

ChatGPT parent company OpenAI is acquiring TBPN, the daily tech and business show that\u2019s becoming a hit in Silicon Valley.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a striking move for OpenAI to venture into the media business. The company will rely on TBPN\u2019s staff for communications and marketing, according to<\/a> the Wall Street Journal. The show will remain editorially independent, while winding down its advertising business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-hosts Jordi Hays and John Coogan launched TBPN \u2014 \u201cTechnology Business Programming Network\u201d \u2014 in October 2024 and have been streaming three hours daily, beginning at 11 a.m., since March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pair quickly gained a following with their freewheeling brand of tech and business news chat, or as the New York Times once put it<\/a>: \u201cSportsCenter for the terminally online M.B.A. grad.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe world is changing quickly but TBPN will stay the same,\u201d Hays posted <\/a>Thursday on X as the news broke. Coogan, reiterated that message while relaying<\/a> how he\u2019s worked for over a decade with OpenAI chief Sam Altman, who funded his first company.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Both Coogan and Hays come from the entrepreneurial ranks; the former co-founded meal replacement company Soylent while the latter co-founded fundraising platform Party Round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have landed interviews with major figures in the tech world, including Altman, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Palantir CEO Alex Karp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a plot twist, I\u2019ll give you that,\u201d Coogan said on Thursday\u2019s show. \u201cIt was unexpected to me, but I\u2019m really happy about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OpenAI Acquires TBPN https:\/\/t.co\/Sdw32Weo4z<\/a><\/p>— TBPN (@tbpn) April 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>