OpenAI’s Superapp Ambitions, Jensen on Jobs, Bezos’s $100 Billion Automation Fund

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI leadership says no more side quests 2) The company is focusing on enterprise and coding 3) Does this mean consumer AI is dead? 4) OpenAI's new focus era 5) Why OpenAI is building a Superapp 6) OpenAI partners with the consultants 7) Most first time AI buyers are choosing Anthropic 8) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says those who use AI to cut jobs lack imagination 9) The Metaverse is dead, or is it? 10) Jeff Bezos is raising $100 billion to automate industrial work 11) Do you dry chat? --- 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Open AI is ditching side quests and building a super app.
0:03.6	InVidia's Jensen Wong comments on AI layoffs,
0:06.7	the Metaverse is dead, or is it?
0:09.4	And Jeff Bezos is raising a massive fund to automate industry.
0:14.1	That's coming up on a Big Technology podcast Friday edition right after this.
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0:51.3	We break down the news in our traditional cool headed and nuanced format.
0:54.9	We have a great show for you today.
0:56.7	We're getting some new direction on Open AIs products, something we've been advocating for a while.
1:01.8	Focus, that's coming.
1:02.8	Also, Invidias, Jensen Wong has some comments on AI driven layoffs.
1:07.5	We're also going to talk about the end of the Metaverse or whether it actually is.
1:11.6	And then finally, Jeff Bezos might be raising $100 billion to automate seemingly all blue-collar work.
1:18.0	Joining us, as always, on Friday is Ron John Roy of margins. Ron John, great to see you.
1:22.6	Everyone has been listening to us, Alex. Open AI is ready to focus.
1:27.6	That's right. Finally, Open AI seems like the side quests are over. And in fact,
1:32.9	Open AI did have a meeting saying especially that. Now, we had been talking about the fact that
1:37.8	opening I had so many projects going, whether it was video generation with SORA or the
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