After OpenAI’s TBPN deal, a16z backs MTS: Here’s why media startups are attracting investorsVenture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has invested in the newly launched 24/7 media streaming company Monitoring The Situation (M...
Acquisition count rises: Inside OpenAI's major deals in 2026The AI major’s half a dozen deals in the first quarter underscore its push to strengthen its position across enterprise software, developer...
OpenAI acquires tech talk show TBPNOpenAI said TBPN will stay editorially independent, retaining authority over its programming, guest lineup, editorial choices, and producti...
AI needs ‘better marketing’, says Sam Altman after buying media platform TBPNOpenAI CEO Sam Altman is acquiring popular podcast The Best Possible Node (TBPN) to improve AI's public image, calling it a poorly marketed...
Rupee slide boosts IT; Gupshup’s valuation markdownThe rupee’s sharp slide could give IT firms a surprise Q4 bump. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
OpenAI’s TBPN acquisition rooted in decade-long founder ties, says John CooganOpenAI acquires TBPN: Coogan and the other cofounder Jordi Hays said they expect the relationship with OpenAI to continue. OpenAI has indic...
Won’t ‘forget nor forgive’ 2017 ouster with Travis Kalanick: former Uber executive Emil MichaelEmil Michael, ex-Uber executive, vows never to forgive Benchmark Capital for his 2017 exit alongside founder Travis Kalanick. The investor ...
PhonePe pauses IPO; Databricks' India ramp-upPhonePe has deferred its IPO citing the Iran war. However, sources tell us pricing of the issue was a key concern. This and more in today's...
Travis Kalanick says ‘Masa money’ was ‘easy’ and ‘too loose’ during SoftBank’s hyper-funding eraKalanick, who raised billions for Uber himself amid SoftBank’s aggressive 2017 investment spree, contrasted this with his own stealth appro...
Amid AI job loss fears, Uber founder Travis Kalanick says automation to make human work more valuableTravis Kalanick said automation could raise the value of human work. As automation dramatically increases productivity and lowers costs, de...
Uber founder Travis Kalanick rebrands existing venture to Atoms with focus on roboticsKalanick announced the move in an interview on the TBPN podcast. During these eight years, he raised hundreds of millions, including $400 m...
Will Databricks go public next year? CEO Ghodsi says focus is on winning, not timingAli Ghodsi says Databricks wants to avoid the mistake of 2022, when many newly public tech companies were forced to prioritise Ebitda and m...
From a rejected startup laughed at by many to a $426 billion giant now buying Warner Bros — the Netflix story you didn’t knowNetflix Warner Bros Discovery merger: Netflix, now a streaming giant, faced near-collapse in its early days. Jeff Bezos offered a buyout wh...
Young AI billionaire urges teenagers to dedicate all their time to one skill to seize today’s tech opportunities, calls it Gen Z’s ‘Bill Gates moment’Billionaire Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang urges teenagers to immerse themselves in AI-powered “vibe coding,” comparing today’s moment t...
AI researchers are negotiating $250 million pay packages, just like NBA starsOver the past few weeks, recruiting AI free agents has become a spectacle on social media, much like the period before a trade deadline in ...
Necessity, not greed: Soham Parekh explains why he worked for over 140 hours a week in five US tech jobs at the same timeSoham Parekh Moonlighting: Indian tech worker Soham Parekh has confessed to secretly working several US tech jobs at once. On TBPN, he said...
Soham Parekh confesses to working for multiple startups: 'Not proud of what I've done'Appearing on technology show TBPN, Parekh said, "It is true. I am not proud of what I have done. I do not endorse this either, but I had to...