Why OpenAI Bought a Talk Show
Apr 10, 2026•21 min
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Episode description
As OpenAI prepares for its IPO, the company decided to…pay millions of dollars for a tech talk show? Is this just what rich tech guys like Sam Altman are like now?
Guest: Mike Isaac, tech reporter for the New York Times.
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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, and Patrick Fort.
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