OpenAI Bailout?, Elon’s $1 Trillion Pay Deal, Amazon Sues Perplexity

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar's comments about a government backstop for its financing 2) Why these statements matter 3) Does OpenAI need financial discipline 4) Do we want to be the discipline police? 5) Should we build a national compute reserve? 6) Why OpenAI is getting so much scrutiny lately 7) OpenAI's ambitious financial plans 8) Elon's $1 trillion pay package gets approved 9) Amazon sues Perplexity 10) Ilya's deposition revealed 11) Farmer insights --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is Open AI looking for a government bailout if things go wrong?
0:03.7	Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay package to build an entirely new Tesla, and Amazon sues
0:09.9	perplexity.
0:10.8	That's coming up on a big technology podcast Friday edition right after this.
0:15.5	Capital One's tech team isn't just talking about multi-agentic AI.
0:20.1	They already deployed one. It's called chat concierge,
0:24.0	and it's simplifying car shopping. Using self-reflection and layered reasoning with live API
0:29.7	checks, it doesn't just help buyers find a car they love. It helps schedule a test drive,
0:36.0	get pre-approved for financing, and estimate trade
0:39.3	and value. Advanced, intuitive, and deployed. That's how they stack. That's technology
0:45.4	at Capital One. The truth is AI security is identity security. An AI agent isn't just a piece of
0:51.6	code. It's a first-class citizen in your digital ecosystem, and it needs to be treated like one.
0:56.5	That's why ACTA is taking the lead to secure these AI agents.
0:59.8	The key to unlocking this new layer of protection and identity security fabric.
1:04.4	Organizations need a unified, comprehensive approach that protects every identity,
1:08.6	human or machine with consistent policies and oversight.
1:12.2	Don't wait for a security incident to realize your AI agents are a massive blind spot.
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1:21.8	including your AI agents.
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1:24.9	That's OKTA.com.
1:27.1	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition, where we break down the news in our traditional cool-headed and nuanced format.
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