OpenAI has acquired Technology Business Programming Network (TBPN), a daily live tech talk show.
Jordi Hays and John Coogan host the weekday series, available across X, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, LinkedIn, Substack, and Instagram.
Fidji Simo, CEO of AGI deployment at OpenAI, said the acquisition “brings a team with strong editorial instincts, deep audience understanding, and a proven ability to convene influential voices across tech, business, and culture.”
Simo said the show is “one of the places where the conversation about AI and builders is actually happening day to day.”
Simo went on to explain that the “standard communications playbook” doesn’t apply to OpenAI. “We’re not a typical company. We’re driving a really big technological shift. And with our mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity comes a responsibility to help create a space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes AI creates—with builders and people using the technology at the center. That’s exactly what TBPN has built.”
The venture will retain its editorial dependence, Simo said: “That’s foundational to their credibility, and it’s something we’re explicitly protecting as part of this agreement.”
The venture will sit under OpenAP’s Strategy team, led by Chris Lehane.
Jordi Hays, co-founder and co-host of TBPN, said, “Over the past year, we’ve had a front-row seat not just to OpenAI, but to the entire ecosystem, covering the daily news, announcements, and launches in real time. While we’ve been critical of the industry at times, after getting to know Sam and the OpenAI team, what stood out most was their openness to feedback and commitment to getting this right. Moving from commentary to real impact in how this technology is distributed and understood globally is incredibly important to us.”
