OpenAI buys TBPN, SpaceX’s $2 Trillion IPO?, Iran Disables Amazon Infrastructure

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Liz Hoffman of Semafor joins us for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Why OpenAI bought TBPN 2) The best possible explanation for why OpenAI did it 3) Does the deal really accomplish OpenAI's content marketing goals? 4) Will TBPN convince any non-believers that AI is good? 5) OpenAI's Fidji Simo takes medical leave from the company 6) SpaceX files to go public at a potential $2 trillion market cap 7) Will SpaceX and Tesla merge? 8) Some AWS servers are "hard down" in Bahrain and Dubai 9) More on the private credit worries 10) Big Technology is not for sale! --- 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 Want to advertise in Big Technology? Write bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	OpenAI buys TBPN. Will it pay off? SpaceX files for an IPO and it's a big one.
0:06.2	And Iran has hit Amazon targets in the Gulf, rendering at least a few inoperable.
0:11.0	That's coming up on a big technology podcast Friday edition right after this.
0:15.5	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition, where we break down the news in our traditional cool-headed and nuanced format.
0:21.6	We have a great show for you today.
0:23.0	We're going to talk all about Open AIs, controversial buy of TBPN, and whether it will pay off.
0:28.2	Also, SpaceX has an IPO in the works.
0:31.5	Finally, they're looking to raise maybe $40 to $80 billion at a $2 trillion valuation.
0:37.4	We're also going to talk about some issues in the private credit world.
0:41.0	And Iran has hit some Amazon infrastructure.
0:44.3	I won't talk about what that means.
0:45.8	Joining us is Liz Hoffman.
0:47.1	She's Seventhofor's Business and Finance Editor and a special guest here with us today.
0:51.6	Liz, welcome to the show.
0:53.0	Yeah, Alex, thanks for having me.
0:54.6	Thanks for being here. Let's start with the big news of the week.
0:58.3	Definitely had to check the headline twice on this to make sure that it was actually
1:02.4	April 2nd and not April 1st. This is from the Wall Street Journal. OpenAI buys tech
1:08.1	industry talk show, TBPN.
1:13.0	OpenAI is getting into the business of daily news.
1:19.1	The maker of ChatchipT said it has acquired TBPN, an online talk show that aims to compete with Bloomberg and CNBC and by the minute analysis of technology news and executive interviews.
1:26.0	Well, TBPN's audience remains modest, averaging around 70,000 viewers per episode across
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