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METR and AI Regulation, Zuck Pushes Back on AI Slowdown, Fed Hikes Rates | Diet TBPN

#670

Yesterday at 11:12 PM

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Third Party Evaluators, Fed Hikes Rates, Zuck Pushes Back On AI Slowdown | Jeremy Allaire, Tomasz Tunguz, William Layden, Justin Beroz, Eli Wachs, Sean McCarthy, Tom Mueller

#669

Yesterday at 8:38 PM

(00:52) - Third Party Evaluators (14:00) - Fed Hikes Rates (18:47) - Zuck Pushes Back On AI Slowdown (37:44) - Kalshi's AI Compute Market Closed (49:45) - Jeremy Allaire discusses Circle’s launch of Arc, a blockchain-based economic operating system designed for payments, capital markets, and trusted AI-agent transactions. The Circle co-founder, chairman, and CEO also explains how stablecoins such as USDC could reduce payment costs and expand global financial access, while addressing evolving U.S. cryptocurrency regulation. (58:29) - Timeline Reactions (01:05:21) - Tomasz Tunguz, founder and general partner at Theory Ventures, discusses AI regulation, liability, inference infrastructure, open-source models, and investment opportunities across th...

Interest Rates Spike, Politicians Take Sides on the AI Safety Debate, Time’s AI Cover | Diet TBPN

#668

Last Tuesday at 9:58 PM

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High Interest Rate Phenomenon, Driscoll's China Bet Backfires, Who Votes on AI Safety? | Stephen Colbert & Josh Kline, Jim VandeHei, Steve Menneto, Matthew Wilson, Rune Kvist, Tyler Bahl, James Cadwallader

#667

Last Tuesday at 9:13 PM

(01:10) - High Interest Rate Phenomenon (17:46) - WSJ Opinion: 'The People Get a Vote on AI Safety' (30:00) - Timeline Reactions (51:45) - Driscoll's China Bet Backfires (57:47) - Jim VandeHei, co-founder and CEO of Axios, discusses his book *Simplify*, which presents a system for increasing productivity by focusing on high-value work and eliminating or automating unnecessary tasks. He also explores AI’s potential to streamline business operations, expand media distribution, augment employees, and create new opportunities without replacing essential human creativity, leadership, and judgment. (01:15:00) - Steve Menneto, president and CEO of Malibu Boats, discusses the company’s nine-brand portfolio, global expansion, vert...

The AI Slowdown Debate | Diet TBPN

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Last Monday at 9:29 PM

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The AI Slowdown Debate | Nico Wittenborn, Scott Keogh, Mitchell Green, David Rosenthal & Ben Gilbert, Faraj Aalaei

#665

Last Monday at 9:19 PM

(04:30) - The "Pacing AI" Debate (27:51) - Nico Wittenborn discusses his journey from growing up in Germany and selling refurbished iPhones to founding Adjacent, a solo-GP venture firm. He shares his investment strategy across consumer subscriptions, AI, hardware, and European technology, highlighting investments such as Speechify, Oura, Revolut, and Bending Spoons. (01:00:18) - Scott Keogh, CEO of Scout Motors and an automotive industry veteran, discusses reviving the iconic American SUV brand as a modern manufacturer of rugged electric vehicles. He outlines Scout’s U.S. manufacturing expansion, direct-to-consumer sales and service strategy, and plans to deliver durable, driver-focused SUVs and tr...

Washington Hones in on AI Safety, What Are AI Doomers Proposing | Diet TBPN

#664

Last Friday at 11:40 PM

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Fruitfly Hard Takeoff, Washington on AI Risk, 𝕏 Timeline Reactions | Thijs Simonian, Alex Heath & Guy Oseary, Mitesh Agrawal

#663

Last Friday at 8:26 PM

(01:54) - Washington on AI Risk (23:07) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (34:23) - Fruitfly Hard Takeoff (41:07) - Thijs Simonian discusses his exploratory robotics work as an OpenAI intern, including connecting Codex to an inexpensive, open-source robotic arm that can plan, paint, monitor its progress, and improve through iteration. He highlights the potential for affordable robots to handle everyday tasks such as sorting mail or cooking, while noting current limitations in speed, cost, image processing, and safety. (55:31) - Alex Heath & Guy Oseary. Alex Heath discusses his transition from veteran technology journalist and Sources podcast host to venture investor at Sound Ventures. He explains how...

AI Safety Timeline Takeover, Bending Spoons Acquires Miro, iPhone Duo Reactions | Diet TBPN

#662

09/10/2026

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 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.

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YC Demo Day, Spoon = Bent (Again), iPhone Duo Reactions | Garry Tan, Om Buddhdev, Karen Serfaty, Antonio Li, Edward Ge, Alfredo Gonzalez

#661

09/10/2026

(01:47) - The Future of AI (10:57) - AI Safety Takes Over the Timeline (12:48) - Spoon = Bent (Again) (17:54) - iPhone Duo Reactions (24:17) - Garry Tan discusses Y Combinator’s growing focus on hard tech and how AI enables small teams to build ambitious hardware, software, defense, and gaming companies with fewer resources. The Y Combinator CEO predicts AI-native startups will outcompete established firms through agentic workflows while emphasizing practical cybersecurity solutions over speculative AI-safety debates. (43:56) - Om Buddhdev, co-founder and CEO of Olam Labs, discusses building realistic reinforcement-learning environments and training data to evaluate AI behaviors such as deception, collaboration, an...

Apple’s iPhone Duo, Meta’s Muse AI Agent, Anthropic Researcher Quits Over AI Doom | Diet TBPN

#660

09/10/2026

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 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.

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Apple Unveils iPhone Duo, Muse AI Agent, Keith Rabois Joins | David Cahn, Mikey Shulman, David Perell, Jim Reilly, Fletcher Richman

#659

09/09/2026

(01:44) - Apple Unveils iPhone Duo (13:08) - Steve Jobs Predicts ChatGPT (21:38) - Apple Kicks off Ternus Era (30:03) - Meta Launches Muse AI Agent (45:41) - Anthropic Researcher Quits Over AI (54:08) - David Cahn discusses how AI is reshaping venture capital through concentrated investment in leading private companies, an approaching wave of IPOs, and massive data-center infrastructure needs. The Sequoia Capital investor also highlights opportunities in energy, hardware, robotics, and industrialization, emphasizing defensible intellectual property, strong founders, and aligning investment timelines with market demand. (01:10:39) - Mikey Shulman, co-founder and CEO of Suno, discusses the launch of its faster, more expressive V6...

OpenAI Cracks Navier-Stokes, Tech Trailers, AI Jobs Apocalypse on Hold | Diet TBPN

#658

09/08/2026

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 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.

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Math Wars, GG Navier Stokes, Greg Brockman Joins | Dan Wright, Eric Seufert, Scott Wu, Sahir Jaggi, Andrew Borovsky, Harry Mellsop

#657

09/08/2026

(00:57) - Math Wars (14:38) - Astra Reactions (26:47) - Trailer Zone (39:19) - AI Job Boom Beats the Doom (52:57) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (01:02:27) - Dan Wright discusses Armada’s mission to bring modular AI infrastructure to underserved regions as the “hyperscaler for the edge.” He highlights the company’s rapid growth, scalable Galleon data centers, use of stranded renewable energy, and focus on speed, scale, data sovereignty, and real-time edge computing. (01:12:07) - Eric Seufert, founder of Mobile Dev Memo and an expert on mobile advertising and digital platforms, discusses the convergence of Netflix and YouTube, Apple’s expanding advertising ambitions, and Meta’s AI strategy...

Greg Brockman on Astra and the Future of OpenAI

#657

09/08/2026

This is our full interview with OpenAI Co-Founder and President Greg Brockman.

We discuss how OpenAI solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem, what Astra reveals about the future of computer use, why AI is shifting from chatbots to agents that can actually do work for you, how ChatGPT could transform healthcare, why image generation is unlocking entirely new applications, what OpenAI learned from Operator, and where AI goes from here.

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Jobs Boom, Astra Reactions, Cybercab Roll Out, The Dyson Debate | Hunter Somerville, Bar Winkler, Bridgit Mendler, Carina Hong & Ken Ono

#655

09/05/2026

(00:49) - Astra Reactions (21:43) - Jobs Report (41:20) - The Dyson Debate (51:17) - Cybercab Roll Out (58:00) - Hunter Somerville discusses his role as co-head of venture and growth equity at StepStone Group, where he invests across funds, direct deals, and secondary transactions. He examines the difficult fundraising environment for emerging managers, inflated valuations and SPV fees, cap-table management, liquidity challenges, and opportunities in AI, deep tech, hard tech, energy, defense, and biotech. (01:31:34) - Bar Winkler discusses Wonderful, the applied AI company he co-founded and leads as CEO, which operates across 33 markets and recently raised a $550 million Series C. He explains...

Astra Reactions, Jobs Print, Cybercab Launch | Diet TBPN

#656

09/05/2026

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 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.

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Model Mayhem, GPT-6 Astra, Why Nvidia Bought Hugging Face | Diet TBPN

#654

09/03/2026

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 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.

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Pablo Torre Explains the Steve Ballmer & Kawhi Leonard Scandal

#653

09/03/2026

This is our full interview with Pablo Torre.

We discuss how he uncovered the alleged scheme to funnel $48 million to Kawhi Leonard, why Steve Ballmer risked circumventing the NBA salary cap, how money was routed through companies tied to the Clippers, why the NBA handed Ballmer a historic punishment, whether he could be forced to sell the team, what happens if he goes to war with the NBA, and more.

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Model Mayhem, NVIDIA x Hugging Face Deal, GPT-6 Astra | Pablo Torre, Mohit Aron, Akshay Narisetti, Hari Ravichandran, Matt Caldwell & Jordy Leiser, Jeff Thornburg, Charlie O’Neill, Sridhar Ramaswamy

#652

09/03/2026

(00:19) - Model Mayhem (13:12) - Why NVIDIA Bought Hugging Face (23:55) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (31:25) - Pablo Torre discusses his investigation into an alleged salary-cap circumvention scheme involving Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and Kawhi Leonard. The investigative journalist and host of Pablo Torre Finds Out explains the evidence, the NBA’s punishment, and why Ballmer’s threatened legal battle could further damage the team. (55:06) - Mohit Aron is the founder of SaiFin and previously founded enterprise technology companies Cohesity and Nutanix. Aron discusses SaiFin’s mission to use AI to unify fragmented go-to-market context, support real-time decision-making, and serve companies of all sizes...

Another AI Safety Kerfuffle, Markiplier’s Stake in GoPro, SpaceX Getting Into Turbines | Diet TBPN

#651

09/02/2026

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 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.

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Jimmy Iovine on AI: “The Great Artists Will Show the World How to Use It”

#650

09/02/2026

This is our full interview with Jimmy Iovine.

We discuss why he and Dr. Dre started a school at USC, how they built Beats into the world's biggest headphone company, what he learned from Steve Jobs, why software companies struggle to build great hardware, how AI will transform music, what's broken about Spotify and streaming, and more.

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Yapping in Neuralese, GoPro v2, Jimmy Iovine in the Ultradome | Nikesh Arora & Andrei Serban, Kurt Tenenbaum, Philip Johnston

#649

09/02/2026

(00:58) - Yapping in Neuralese (08:50) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (11:47) - Markiplier Sends GoPro Stock Flying (19:42) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (36:13) - Elon Wants to Make Power Turbine Components (41:29) - Maersk Brings Sails Back (44:04) - Nikesh Arora, chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, discusses the growing cybersecurity risks posed by increasingly powerful AI models and the need to fight AI-driven attacks with AI-powered defenses. He also explains Palo Alto Networks’ use of small, specialized models, its AI-focused hiring strategy, and its partnership with Console to expand agent-based security and IT operations. (01:03:14) - Kurt Tenenbaum, a senior managing director at Blue Owl Capital focused...

LIVE From CrowdStrike's Fal.Con 2026 | George Kurtz, Michael Sentonas, Daniel Bernard & Justin Boitano

#648

09/01/2026

(00:03) - George Kurtz discusses CrowdStrike’s new AI security products, including Falcon Guardian and an agentic security platform developed with Nvidia. The CrowdStrike co-founder and CEO explains how AI is accelerating cyberattacks and defenses, emphasizing scalable threat detection, deterministic security, continuous red-team/blue-team learning, and responsible AI adoption. (20:31) - Michael Sentonas discusses his role as CrowdStrike’s president, overseeing go-to-market, product, engineering, research, and threat-hunting teams. He explains how AI is accelerating cyberattacks and social engineering, emphasizes collaboration among businesses and governments, and highlights CrowdStrike’s focus on customer security, innovation, and cost-efficient solutions. (41:53) - Daniel Bernard discusses his ro...

Meta Settles Addiction Suits, Tim Cook Signs Off After 15 Years, OpenAI’s Jalapeño Chip | Diet TBPN

#647

08/31/2026

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 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.

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WE'RE BACK, Meta Addiction, Tim Cook's Last Day | Jordan Schneider, Robert Mendelsohn & Eric Olszewski, Billy Thalheimer, Aaron Cannon, Stephen Balaban

#646

08/31/2026

(03:29) - Meta Addiction (20:32) - Tim Cook's Last Day (31:33) - OpenAI's Jalapeño Chip (39:48) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (58:39) - Jordan Schneider discusses China’s low-cost EVs, opposition to data centers, ineffective influence operations, AI-generated media, online censorship, and technology investment. The ChinaTalk founder and editor-in-chief also examines DeepSeek’s strategy and chip constraints, China’s employment climate, surveillance, flying vehicles, and corruption within the military’s Rocket Force. (01:35:01) - Robert Mendelsohn & Eric Olszewski. Robert Mendelsohn co-founder of Actinide, discusses the startup’s breakthrough production of HALEU, a specialized uranium fuel for next-generation nuclear reactors. He explains how Actinide modernized Manhattan Project-era Ca...

Tesla’s Roadster, Car Week Takes, Unwell Beverages Shuts Down | Diet TBPN

#645

08/15/2026

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 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.

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Cursor Acquisition Closes, Bezos x Liverpool, Flying Roadster, Car Week, Gen Z Trends & More

#644

08/14/2026

(01:16) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (16:37) - Cami Clark's Anthropic Influence (31:35) - South Korea Cracks Down on ETF Frenzy (37:58) - Flying Tesla Roadster (56:42) - Mansion Section (01:07:50) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (01:16:30) - Gen Z Makes Pickle Flavor Explode (01:22:12) - Gen Z Fashion Takes a Hit (01:24:24) - CalTech Builds a "Fraud Squad" (01:28:39) - Bezos Buys into Liverpool (01:30:38) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions

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#634

08/07/2026

(01:31) - AI Viruses (08:18) - OpenAI's Device Takes Shape (16:39) - Meta Faces Major Child Safety Case (25:25) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (36:10) - WSJ Mansion Section (43:41) - Samir Kaul, a general partner at Khosla Ventures, discusses the firm’s investment in Jeff Dean’s Discovery Loop and its potential to apply AI to scientific research with tangible outcomes. He also shares his views on AI regulation, inflated private-market valuations, venture capital strategy, founder support, and the importance of taking bold risks to generate exceptional returns. (01:09:45) - Patrick Wendell discusses his role as Databricks co-founder and VP of Engineering, where he leads AI product...

AI Viruses, OpenAI's First Device, WSJ Mansion Section | Samir Kaul, Patrick Wendell, Grant LaFontaine

#634

08/07/2026

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More Details on OpenAI-Hugging Face, SpaceX SPV Investors Get Rugged, Demis and DeepMind | Diet TBPN

#633

08/06/2026

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 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.

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