TBPN Live

John Coogan & Jordi Hays

Technology's daily show (formerly the Technology Brothers Podcast).

  • 33 minutes 2 seconds
    Meta Tokenmaxxing, Intel Joins Terafab, Frontier AI vs. China | Diet TBPN

    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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    8 April 2026, 1:10 am
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    FULL INTERVIEW: Thomas Laffont’s Journey From Hollywood Assistant to Legendary Tech Investor

    This is our full interview with Thomas Laffont, recorded live on TBPN.

    We discuss his upbringing between Paris and New York, his determined path into Hollywood through CAA’s mailroom, and the lessons he carried from entertainment into investing, from spotting Apple early to navigating AI, private markets, and the future of tech.

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    7 April 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 3 hours 14 minutes
    Tokenmaxxing, SF Street Name Auction, Corporate Retreat Gone Wrong | Riley Walz, Aditya Bandi, Zach Shore, Hongwei Liu, Zak Kukoff, Thomas Laffont

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    7 April 2026, 10:04 pm
  • 30 minutes 21 seconds
    The $1B One-Person Company, China’s Pork Crisis, America’s New Weapon | Diet TBPN

    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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    6 April 2026, 10:33 pm
  • 2 hours 38 minutes
    $1B GLP-1 Lessons, New AI Careers, China's 2030 Master Plan | Sam Broner, Jonathan Slotkin, Liz Hoffman, Bret Taylor, Ariyan Kabir, Atif Siddiqi

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    6 April 2026, 9:05 pm
  • 31 minutes 30 seconds
    Open AI Acquires TBPN, Artemis II, The AI-Built $1.8B Company | Diet TBPN

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    3 April 2026, 4:35 am
  • 3 hours 6 seconds
    OpenAI Acquires TBPN

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    • (00:14) - OpenAI Acquires TBPN
    • (21:42) - Artemis II Reactions
    • (30:29) - The One-Man $1B Company
    • (41:50) - Timeline Reactions
    • (46:39) - Best Quarter for Big Deals Ever
    • (54:26) - Private Credit's Evangelist Under Fire
    • (01:03:47) - Apple at 50
    • (01:24:48) - Marc Lore, an American entrepreneur and investor, is renowned for founding Diapers.com and Jet.com, both of which were acquired by Amazon and Walmart, respectively. In the conversation, he discusses his journey from investment banking to launching these e-commerce ventures, highlighting his innovative approaches to logistics and customer experience. He also shares insights into his latest venture, Wonder, a food delivery startup aiming to revolutionize the industry by integrating technology and culinary expertise.
    • (01:54:33) - Adam Meyers, head of counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike and host of the Adversary Universe podcast, discusses the recent surge in software supply chain attacks, emphasizing the role of developers in securing their code and the importance of multi-factor authentication to protect against identity-based threats. He highlights the increasing sophistication of adversaries, such as North Korean groups targeting developers to steal cryptocurrencies for funding weapons programs. Meyers also underscores the necessity for organizations to monitor suspicious behaviors at endpoints and during build processes to detect and prevent potential security breaches.
    • (02:07:16) - Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of Circle, has a background in founding and leading technology companies, including Allaire Corporation and Brightcove. In the conversation, he discusses the expansion of Circle's platform beyond its stablecoin USDC, highlighting the development of the ARK operating system and the company's focus on simplifying payments and providing infrastructure for developers. He also emphasizes the growing role of USDC in agent-to-agent economic transactions, noting its dominance in this emerging market and the potential for exponential growth as AI agents increasingly engage in financial activities.
    • (02:32:05) - Justin Levine, co-founder and CEO of Shepherd, an AI-native insurance company focusing on large-scale industries like construction and renewable energy, discusses the current construction super cycle driven by AI infrastructure, highlighting a $400 billion infrastructure spend this year alone. He explains Shepherd's role in providing insurance solutions to developers and contractors involved in building data centers and energy assets, emphasizing their innovative approach to underwriting and risk management. Levine also details Shepherd's recent $42 million Series B funding led by Intact Private Capital, underscoring the industry's recognition of the transformative impact of AI on underwriting processes.
    • (02:40:27) - Gaurav Misra, CEO of Mirage, discusses the company's recent $75 million funding round aimed at expanding their AI-driven video editing app, Captions, into new markets, particularly in Asia. He emphasizes their unique approach of combining user-generated media with AI-generated content to create cohesive narratives, catering to small businesses and individuals seeking to market themselves effectively. Misra also highlights plans to broaden the app's use cases beyond simple captioning, focusing on automating various video editing tasks to attract a diverse user base.
    • (02:49:46) - Philip Johnston, co-founder and CEO of Starcloud, discusses the company's recent $170 million Series A funding at a $1.1 billion valuation, making it the fastest unicorn in Y Combinator history. He outlines plans to build a constellation of 88,000 satellites, aiming to deploy 20 gigawatts of compute capacity in space, and highlights collaborations with Nvidia on space-optimized chips and the development of deployable radiators for thermal management. Johnston also emphasizes the potential of space-based data centers to alleviate terrestrial energy constraints by harnessing continuous solar power.


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    2 April 2026, 9:17 pm
  • 31 minutes 18 seconds
    Artemis II, Jamie Dimon’s “American Dream,” Snap’s Crucible Moment | Diet TBPN

    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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    2 April 2026, 1:11 am
  • 22 minutes 18 seconds
    FULL INTERVIEW: Apple Exec on How Apple Builds Products That Actually Win

    This is our full interview with Eddy Cue, recorded live on TBPN.

    We discuss his early years at Apple, his admiration for Steve Jobs' innovation, and the challenges of launching the original Apple online store amidst concerns from traditional retail channels.

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    1 April 2026, 10:17 pm
  • 3 hours 24 minutes
    Eddy Cue Joins for Apple's 50th, Artemis Launch, Jamie Dimon's Plan, Save Snap Now, SpaceX IPO | Aaron Terrazas, Pratap Ranade, Abhishek Das, Garry Tan, Brannin McBee, Sam Yagan

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    • (02:18) - Artemis II Launch
    • (10:50) - Jamie Dimon's Plan
    • (14:20) - Buffett's Protégé Joins JPMorgan
    • (20:10) - Save Snap Now
    • (31:10) - The Artemis II Launch Technology
    • (38:35) - The Great KitKat Heist
    • (45:25) - Microsoft Eyes $7B Texas Power Plant
    • (54:19) - OpenAI Preps "Social Contract" Push After $122B Raise
    • (01:00:37) - Timeline Reactions
    • (01:10:15) - Eddy Cue, Apple's Senior Vice President of Services, joined the company in 1989 and has been instrumental in developing key platforms like the iTunes Store and App Store. In the conversation, he reflects on his early years at Apple, his admiration for Steve Jobs' innovation, and the challenges of launching the original Apple online store amidst concerns from traditional retail channels.
    • (01:32:53) - Aaron Terrazas, an economist at Gusto with prior experience at Glassdoor, Convoy, Zillow, and the U.S. Treasury Department, discusses the unique advantages of being an in-house economist, emphasizing access to proprietary data that offers real-time insights into economic trends. He highlights the importance of adjusting internal data to reflect the broader labor market, ensuring accurate analyses. Terrazas also notes that, despite prevailing economic uncertainties, small businesses created approximately 120,000 new jobs in March, marking the strongest growth since 2022.
    • (01:46:40) - Timeline Reactions
    • (01:56:36) - Pratap Ranade, CEO and co-founder of Arena Physica, discusses the company's evolution from integrating AI into hardware engineering to developing Heaviside, the first foundation model for electromagnetism. This model, akin to a large language model but trained on materials, geometries, and electromagnetic fields, aims to address challenges in designing software-defined hardware by creating a data factory to generate the necessary training data. Ranade highlights applications in satellite communication, radar, and data centers, emphasizing partnerships with companies like AMD and Anduril to democratize advanced electromagnetic design.
    • (02:19:00) - Abhishek Das, co-founder and co-CEO of UTOTI, discusses the development of web agents designed to autonomously perform tasks on the internet, envisioning a future where AI agents handle web interactions on behalf of users. He elaborates on the multi-layered architecture of these agents, including a core language model for web navigation, an agent harness for persistence and task management, and a user-friendly product interface. Das also highlights the company's focus on serving prosumers, such as small to medium business owners and individuals in larger companies, and mentions that their in-house model is as accurate as leading alternatives but operates faster and at a lower cost.
    • (02:33:30) - Garry Tan, born in 1981, is a Canadian-American venture capitalist and the CEO of Y Combinator, known for co-founding Posterous and Initialized Capital. In the conversation, Tan discusses the transformative impact of AI on software development, emphasizing the need for developers to embrace rapid iteration and leverage tools like his open-source project, GStack, which turns AI assistants into virtual software development teams. He highlights the importance of structured workflows and the potential for AI to significantly enhance productivity in the tech industry.
    • (02:56:21) - Brannin McBee, co-founder and Chief Development Officer of CoreWeave, discusses the company's innovative financing strategy, which involves combining GPU infrastructure with long-term contracts to secure investment-grade financing at competitive rates. He emphasizes the importance of market validation in reducing capital costs and highlights the sustained demand for older GPU models, attributing it to the diverse needs of AI workloads. McBee also underscores the significant engineering efforts required to build large-scale data centers and the necessity of aligning with clients to support the rapid evolution of AI technology.
    • (03:09:07) - Sam Yagan, co-founder and managing director of Corazon Capital, is an American entrepreneur known for founding SparkNotes and OkCupid, and serving as CEO of Match Group. In the conversation, he discusses the transformative impact of AI on consumer technology, emphasizing the need for startups to focus on achieving product-market fit and highlighting the importance of adaptability and strategic pivots in entrepreneurial success.


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    1 April 2026, 9:45 pm
  • 30 minutes 35 seconds
    AI Is Coming for Your Memes, Crypto’s Quantum Clock, Axios Hack| Diet TBPN

    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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    1 April 2026, 12:12 am
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