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Apple’s iPhone Duo, Meta’s Muse AI Agent, Anthropic Researcher Quits Over AI Doom | Diet TBPN Sep 10, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 30:33 Jordi Hays Obviously, you know, there's the Sam and Dario can't even hold hands on stage in that India conference, but AI has made strange bedfellows out of people.

Astra Reactions, Jobs Print, Cybercab Launch | Diet TBPN Sep 5, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 16:55 unnamed speaker Jack Altman saw the benchmarks and said, Sam!

Model Mayhem, GPT-6 Astra, Why Nvidia Bought Hugging Face | Diet TBPN Sep 4, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 28:29 Jordi Hays Sam is going to be on Bloomberg in just a few minutes over with our, with our buddy Ed Ludlow.

Meta Settles Addiction Suits, Tim Cook Signs Off After 15 Years, OpenAI’s Jalapeño Chip | Diet TBPN Sep 1, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 25:26 unnamed speaker Going back to Sam's post about the merge, Sam Altman wrote the merge about how, like, uh, in the future you might merge with AI, and I'm wondering about, like, at least in the short term, uh, is it better to have a product like Instinct,…

AI-Designed Viruses, OpenAI’s First Device, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN Aug 8, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 11:27 John Coogan Uh, Sam Altman was recently sort of dragged a little bit for saying, like, he would use ChachiPT work to generate a podcast about what's going on on his calendar and the family life and stuff, and people were like, how about you just talk…

Demis Is Out as DeepMind CEO, Revolut Founder Yacht Drama, AI’s Great Reverse Bank Run | Diet TBPN Aug 5, 2026 · 1 mention

RSI Is Closer Than People Think, Per Tae Kim Jul 29, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 11:59 Tae Kim Sam is on the record over the weekend. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 15:34 Tae Kim And even, uh, Sam Altman, uh, podcast came out today, and another podcast is out there.
  • ▶ 24:38 Tae Kim Instantly, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, Broadcom CEO Hocktan, Dario, you know, Sam Altman are there, right?

AMD Advancing AI, Google Q2 Earnings, OpenAI Plans $750B Cloud Spend | Diet TBPN Jul 24, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 8:49 unnamed speaker OpenAI spending on cloud computing has become a central focus of Chief Executive Sam Altman's leadership team and has been a source of tension between him

U.S. AI Execs Warn as China’s AI Push Grows, Substack Adds AI Detection Tool | Diet TBPN Jul 21, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 4:07 John Coogan He's just posting the company has developed its own models, own open models, and Chief Executive Sam Altman had previously said that OpenAI's past approach of only developing closed tools was unwise.

Apple Sues OpenAI, Experts Sign Another AI Warning Letter, Paramount Threatens CA Exit Jul 13, 2026 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 5:24 John Coogan OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X Saturday.
  • ▶ 23:41 John Coogan Like, there's been other, there's been other, I mean, I guess, Reid Hoffman and, uh, Jan Tallinn, and, um, who else is, I mean, Eric Schmidt's on here, but notably absent are Sam Altman, Daria Amadei, I don't believe Demis is on here, is… 4 times in the scene

Midjourney Goes Medical, Noam Shazeer & Dean Ball Join OpenAI | Diet TBPN Jun 19, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 19:00 unnamed speaker Like, Sam Altman has done this too, where it's like, okay, there's a new idea, get a new team, fund it, and it's on the side.
  • ▶ 24:08 unnamed speaker Apparently Donald Trump had to ask Sam Altman how to adjust his chair up and down, how to use the chair, and that's gotta hurt, because you're Sam Altman, you've spent 1,000,000,010 of billions of dollars, years of your life, a decade of… 3 times in the scene

Jake Paul Thinks We'll Live Forever Jun 18, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 1:41 Jake Paul I think going big with bigger checks into growth stages in companies that we believe in with the best founders, you know, you don't bet against Palmer, Lucky, Elon, Sam, the big names like that and getting to fast DPI, you know,
  • ▶ 24:19 Jeff Woo I think we're just texting with Sam Altman. 2 times in the scene

Snap SPECS, Taste Labs Timeline Turmoil, AI Execs at G7 | Diet TBPN Jun 18, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 22:00 unnamed speaker Uh, Donald Trump was seated next to Sam Altman and, uh, and Demis Hassabis from Google's DeepMind at a summit in France on Wednesday discussing, um, AI, uh, export controls and all things AI.

Social Network Sequel Trailer, Fable 5 Sparks Safety Debate, SpaceX IPO Watch | Diet TBPN Jun 10, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 10:41 unnamed speaker Really emotional, pithy sound bites, and then also be, ah, like, just viral, because it's funny to see him doing this impression, and he's very good at, like, drawing, and he's already gone viral for his Mark Zuckerberg impression in the… 3 times in the scene

Palantir's AIPCon 10, Ramp Hits $44B, 60 Minutes Eyes Rogan | Diet TBPN Jun 4, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 4:16 unnamed speaker Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, Dario Amadei, Alex Wang, and dozens of other high-profile leaders across AI tech policy, nucleic acid synthesis, and biotech signed an open letter called In Support of Mandatory Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening…

YouTubers Win at the Box Office, Bernie Wants Public Stake in AI, Anthropic Files S-1 | Diet TBPN Jun 2, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 22:38 unnamed speaker The wealth it generates must benefit humanity, not just Elon Musk, Sam Altman, or other AI oligarchs.

Musk Loses OpenAI Case, Leopold’s 13F, Data Center Backlash | Diet TBPN May 19, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 0:07 unnamed speaker Obviously the first one is that the U.S. jury finds OpenAI CEO Sam Allman not liable to Elon Musk for straying from charitable mission because Musk waited too long to sue.

Cerebras IPO, Warsh Confirmed Fed Chair, Musk-OpenAI Trial Nears End | Diet TBPN May 15, 2026 · 12 mentions

  • ▶ 5:53 unnamed speaker And Andre Carpathy, Sam Altman was, was, was saying like, do you want faster models or smarter models? 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 24:59 unnamed speaker He says, Musk's counsel is going after opening eye execs, Altman and Brockman, and has the mugshot style photo of Altman on the screen again. 9 times in the scene

Trump-Xi Summit, Space Data Center Debate, Inflation Up | Diet TBPN May 14, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 12:50 unnamed speaker Uh, you don't have Dario from Anthropic or Sam Altman from OpenAI.

Altman’s Testimony, AI SPV Drama, Ebay Rejects $GME Bid | Diet TBPN May 13, 2026 · 34 mentions

  • ▶ 0:31 unnamed speaker Sam's on the stand right now, I think. 10 times in the scene
  • ▶ 3:38 unnamed speaker Sam Altman takes a stand in Musk versus OpenAI. 24 times in the scene

Apple-Intel Chip Deal, U.S Adds 115K Jobs, DeepSeek Eyes $50B Valuation | Diet TBPN May 9, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 27:06 unnamed speaker Cause we have this, someone turned, uh, Sam Altman's text to mirror Mirati into a 20 11 style emo teenage, teenage heartthrob anthem. 3 times in the scene

Inside the OpenAI vs. Elon Musk Courtroom May 1, 2026 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 7:00 Jordi Hays Sam, this guy, Sam and Greg, and this guy who makes cars, and I don't even know what they're talking about.
  • ▶ 21:19 John Coogan Are we going to flip to, uh, Sam and Greg and, and some other open AI folks or, 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 33:42 John Coogan The good use is the comedic table read in the voice of Sam Altman, in the voice of Greg Brockman, in the voice of Elon Musk that we can all enjoy.

China Blocks Meta’s $2B Manus Deal, Meta Bets on Space-Based Solar | Diet TBPN Apr 27, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 0:18 Jordi Hays The first is Elon Musk's hundred and thirty four billion dollar lawsuit against Sam Altman goes to court today in Oakland. 2 times in the scene

SpaceX-Cursor Deal, ChatGPT Images 2.0, Fake Bear Scam | Diet TBPN Apr 23, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 24:01 unnamed speaker Sam was talking about this with Ashley Vance. 2 times in the scene

Artemis II Makes History, Nutella in Space, The US-China AI Race | Diet TBPN Apr 13, 2026 · 9 mentions

  • ▶ 20:43 John Coogan Sam Altman posted a blog post, uh, covering a Molotov cocktail that was thrown at his house. 9 times in the scene

Meta Tokenmaxxing, Intel Joins Terafab, Frontier AI vs. China | Diet TBPN Apr 8, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 15:26 unnamed speaker Uh, we've seen, we've seen a few of those like AI leader gatherings in DC where you see Tim Cook and, and Sundar and Sam Altman and Dario and all the, the whole, all the leaders are together.
  • ▶ 29:48 unnamed speaker I mean, like, I mean, I'm sure people in the chat have seen the New Yorker article where there's just tons and tons of quotes from various AI leaders all, you know, upset with Sam Altman and, uh, the inter AI drama has been bubbling up

Open AI Acquires TBPN, Artemis II, The AI-Built $1.8B Company | Diet TBPN Apr 3, 2026 · 12 mentions

  • ▶ 5:37 Jordi Hays While we've been critical of the industry at times after getting to know Sam Fiji and the open AI team, what stood out the most was their openness to feedback, feedback and commitment to getting this right.
  • ▶ 6:07 John Coogan And when I reflect on my career, it's, I think it makes a lot of sense and I can walk you through some of my career and my experience with open AI and with Sam Altman. 10 times in the scene
  • ▶ 28:33 John Coogan Uh, Sam Altman, the chief executive open AI, uh, predicted the rise of a new breed of super efficient company in 2024.

OpenAI Acquires TBPN Apr 2, 2026 · 11 mentions

  • ▶ 6:18 Jordi Hays While we've been critical of the industry at times after getting to know Sam, Fiji, and the OpenAI team, what stood out the most was their openness to feedback and commitment to getting this right.
  • ▶ 6:53 John Coogan And when I reflect on my career, it's, I think it makes a lot of sense, and I can walk you through some of my career and my experience with OpenAI and with Sam Altman. 10 times in the scene

Is Meta Really Addictive?, Jetsons Prediction, Artemis II: Back to the Moon | Diet TBPN Mar 31, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 26:32 unnamed speaker Sam says, I remember when this was announced, but didn't fully appreciate the size.

Novartis Buys Excellergy for $2B, Anthropic Vs. Pentagon, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN Mar 28, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:43 unnamed speaker Sam Altman apparently told staff he tried to save Anthropic in the Pentagon clash.

Benchmark’s Ship of Theseus, OpenAI Kills Sora, SpaceX $2T IPO Buzz | Diet TBPN Mar 25, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:36 Jordi Hays There's all this, you know, novel content they had, they had, uh, allowing creators and, you know, people like Sam to, uh,

SpaceX’s Lunar Mass Driver, OpenAI Hires Meta’s Top Ad Exec, Zuck Builds CEO Agent | Diet TBPN Mar 23, 2026 · 2 mentions

Elon's Moon Mass Driver: Here's How He'll Do It Mar 23, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 11:29 John Coogan Came around to the same AGI predictions or the same superintelligence predictions, saying eight, 10 years, George Hatz, Dwarkech, Karpathy, Sam Altman, there were a number of people that were all saying in various words, like Sam said, a… 2 times in the scene

Nvidia Restarts China Sales, Vibe Coding Backlash, Peptide Craze | Diet TBPN Mar 18, 2026 · 1 mention

OpenAI Ends Side Quests, SF Housing Market is Back, Kalshi’s $1B Prize | Diet TBPN Mar 17, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 1:34 unnamed speaker Fiji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of Applications, previewed the changes to employees at an all-hands meeting, telling them that top leaders, including Sam Altman and Mark Chen, were actively looking at which areas to deprioritize,
  • ▶ 11:57 unnamed speaker Sam was running around doing all these different mega deals for the compute side that now serve the main quest. 2 times in the scene

Why OpenAI Is Killing Side Projects to Win AI Mar 17, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 0:56 unnamed speaker FijiSimo, OpenAI CEO of Applications, previewed the changes to employees at an all-hands meeting, telling them that top leaders, including Sam Altman and Mark Chen, were actively looking at which areas to deprioritize.
  • ▶ 15:51 unnamed speaker Sam was running around doing all these different mega deals for the compute side that now serve the main quest, and so the positioning is actually great.

FULL INTERVIEW: Uber Founder Travis Kalanick is Back with a New AI Startup Mar 13, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 23:41 unnamed speaker but I'm sure Chesky's pumping up Sam.
  • ▶ 54:28 unnamed speaker You look at Elon, Sam, all these crazy deals and people are like, well, like,

Daniel Gross’ AGI predictions, SpaceX IPO news, Trump takes control of US chip exports | Diet TBPN Mar 6, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:27 John Coogan Like, I was listening to Sam Altman talk about how kids will never, kids that are born today will never be smarter than the smartest AI systems.

The Remarkable AGI Predictions of Daniel Gross Mar 5, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 30:14 unnamed speaker Uh, I was, I was listening to Sam Altman talk about how kids will never, kids that are born today will never be smarter than the smartest AI systems, and that's weird, that's different, but I was thinking about, like, but like, I was,…

Apple’s MacBook Neo, OpenAI’s Pentagon Agreement, Anthropic’s Investors Silent on DoW | Diet TBPN Mar 5, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 19:44 unnamed speaker Altman defended OpenAI's Defense Department contract and in all hands yesterday calling the backlash, quote, really painful. 3 times in the scene

The SaaSpocalypse is Cancelled, WB Back in Play, Zuck Grilled in LA Trial | Diet TBPN Feb 20, 2026 · 1 mention

The AI lab market map, Robinhood brings startups to retail, GLPs & hedge funds | Diet TBPN Feb 19, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 22:56 Jordi Hays Uh, this would be a great time for Sam Altman to step in and let us use OpenAI subscriptions with OpenClaw.

Anthropic’s $380B round, Paramount vs. WB, Higgsfield ragebait drama | Diet TBPN Feb 13, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 15:12 unnamed speaker It's like Sam and Dario are running for election.
  • ▶ 23:25 unnamed speaker Sam launched Monaco yesterday.

Is AI’s COVID Moment Really Here? Feb 11, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 7:28 unnamed speaker Sam Altman famously said. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 14:55 unnamed speaker Isn't that the, uh, uh, it, I mean, that was the original Sam Altman formulation was like, if you explained to someone 200 years ago, a bunch of people will be sitting around talking about the news, and, and they'll be filmed, it'll go…

Super Bowl Ad Reactions, ChatGPT launches ads, Jordi vs France | Diet TBPN Feb 10, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 7:25 Jordi Hays Maybe they, maybe they didn't need Sam and the, and the entire management team, like, you know, Streisand affecting it. 2 times in the scene

The AI chip squeeze, Dirty Soda mania, OCC approves Palmer Luckey’s Erebor | Diet TBPN Feb 7, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 1:11 unnamed speaker And yeah, so we, we, we had some great conversations this week, Sam Altman. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 5:19 unnamed speaker Sam Altman put it this way. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 18:43 unnamed speaker Oh, we forgot to ask Sam Altman if he's gonna issue a Baja Blast.

Anthropic’s Trust Nuke, OpenAI’s new releases, Google Claims AI Crown | Diet TBPN Feb 6, 2026 · 4 mentions

Anthropic's secret strategy behind its Super Bowl ad campaign Feb 5, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 7:33 Jordi Hays Uh, Sam switched out of his, like, you know, lowercase typing and was like, I gotta go into uppercase for this one.
  • ▶ 15:24 Jordi Hays TJ, TJ was helping, uh, Sam with some comms.
  • ▶ 16:18 John Coogan There's a very, very cool, uh, update to, uh, or new product, Frontier, which is a product for building AI co-workers that I'm very excited to talk to Sam about, um, because it feels like the first glimpse of an orchestration product,…
  • ▶ 22:21 Jordi Hays Sam Altman did say in October of 2024.

Anthropic-OpenAI war, Walmart hits $1T, Gas Town & Vibecoding | Diet TBPN Feb 5, 2026 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 3:23 Jordi Hays Clearly, they, I think, uh, we're just excited to spike Sam's cortisol, and I think, I think they, uh, probably did.
  • ▶ 16:32 John Coogan Sam calling out Dario by name directly.
  • ▶ 28:19 John Coogan Sam Altman has responded to the Anthropic ads. 3 times in the scene

Anthropic Declares War on OpenAI in Scrappy Super Bowl Ads Feb 4, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:05 unnamed speaker Clearly they, I think, uh, we're just excited to spike Sam's cortisol.
  • ▶ 17:05 unnamed speaker Sam calling out Dario by name directly.

SpaceX-xAI merger reactions, Paypal plummets, Disney names next CEO | Diet TBPN Feb 4, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:48 unnamed speaker I think even Sam would take that, uh, offer right now.

FULL INTERVIEW: Dylan Patel Says We’re Still Underestimating AI Feb 3, 2026 · 1 mention

Moltbook goes viral, $100B OpenAI-Nvidia deal stalled, SpaceX merges with xAI | Diet TBPN Feb 3, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 24:11 Jordi Hays You know, going back to the fateful interview with, on BG-II, part of Sam's answer was that, like, don't worry, we're gonna launch hardware, and we're gonna, like, automate science, and presumably, like, get some type of royalty on that. 2 times in the scene

China’s acquisition spree, TikTok reaches U.S survival deal, Tech Giants hit by spying | Diet TBPN Jan 24, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 16:47 John Coogan And Nick, his camera roll is truly just filled to the brim with images of Sam Altman in various, like, like, you know. 6 times in the scene

Capital One Acquires Brex for $5B, Davos’s $500M business, Apple’s Siri rebuild | Diet TBPN Jan 23, 2026 · 2 mentions

Davos Reactions, Waymo in the News, WB & Netflix Strike All Cash Deal | Diet TBPN Jan 21, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:04 John Coogan He's taken some shots potentially at Sam Altman, although Sam Altman, not really a social media entrepreneur, but I get that he's in that generation.

X’s $1M Sweepstakes, Ben Affleck’s viral take on AI, Elon sues OpenAI for $134B | Diet TBPN Jan 20, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 29:11 unnamed speaker It, it, it may play a role in how the, and how this sort of, like, war between XAI and OpenAI or Elon versus Sam evolves, but ultimately, like, this judge is not going to make, you know, the judge and jury are not going to make a decision… 3 times in the scene

The Elon vs OpenAI Lawsuit and ads in ChatGPT | Diet TBPN Jan 17, 2026 · 18 mentions

  • ▶ 0:24 unnamed speaker We're going to do the steel man for Sam, the steel man for Elon.
  • ▶ 0:47 unnamed speaker I'm going to be steel manning Sam, steel manning Greg. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 7:26 unnamed speaker It's not like Sam and Greg couldn't have been like, cool, we worked on a non-profit for a while. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 12:44 unnamed speaker The other interesting thing is that, do we know where Sam Altman sits in terms of equity 10 times in the scene

Big Tech turns to mining, Thinking Machines loses top executives, NYC Sauna Wars heat up | Diet TBPN Jan 16, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 26:57 Tyler Denk His camera roll is all just pictures of Sam Altman. 4 times in the scene

Siri needs an App, OpenAI Acquires health startup Torch, Claude Cowork reactions | Diet TBPN Jan 14, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 26:01 Jordi Hays And again, if you look back to, uh, the infamous interview, uh, with Gerstner, Sam was saying, like, we have a device coming.

We're all Jerome Powell, Apple and Google Make it Official, Anthropic Health Care | Diet TBPN Jan 13, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 23:43 unnamed speaker You're going to be texting Keller like Sam Altman and Elon were texting each other about the future of AI. 2 times in the scene

AI Needs a Steve Jobs, Meta’s Nuclear Powerplants, a16z raises $15B | Diet TBPN Jan 10, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 5:52 unnamed speaker We have a number of, uh, household name type CEOs, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Dario Amadei. 4 times in the scene

xAI Raises $20B, Anthropic’s $350B Valuation, OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health | Diet TBPN Jan 8, 2026 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 6:37 John Coogan He's not as much of a capital sponge as Sam Altman at this moment.
  • ▶ 9:56 John Coogan I mean, we're supposed to be going into the Timu SAS era, or Sheehan, fast fashion for SAS is what Sam Altman called it.
  • ▶ 11:56 John Coogan He was texting Sam Altman two years ago on February, 1820, 23. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 28:56 John Coogan And, and Sam's talked about this where your conversations with ChatGPT are not, are definitely admissible in court.

CES’s legacy, reactions to Dwarkesh’s “Capital in the 22nd Century,” and more | Diet TBPN Jan 7, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 24:16 unnamed speaker OpenAI has gotten so much, specifically Sam, has gotten so much pushback, because, uh, he'll go out and say, like, we're gonna solve this, and you're gonna have personal, you're gonna have, like, a personal tutor in your pocket, and all…

Meta Acquires Manus, Nvidia's $20B Groq deal, Doordash's Reddit Firestorm l Diet TBPN Jan 6, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 4:20 unnamed speaker You know, we know Dario, we know Demis, we know Sam, right?
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