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Washington Hones in on AI Safety, What Are AI Doomers Proposing | Diet TBPN Sep 12, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 23:25 John Coogan So he has five percent of his net worth in Tesla, 90% of his net worth in AI bets and a hundred percent of his net worth in normal investments. 3 times in the scene

OpenAI Cracks Navier-Stokes, Tech Trailers, AI Jobs Apocalypse on Hold | Diet TBPN Sep 9, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 4:18 unnamed speaker That was about the Tesla. 2 times in the scene

Astra Reactions, Jobs Print, Cybercab Launch | Diet TBPN Sep 5, 2026 · 26 mentions

  • ▶ 24:40 unnamed speaker What is going on with the CyberCab? 14 times in the scene
  • ▶ 27:41 unnamed speaker I've tested a Model S recently, and I ordered a Model YL, and, ah, the self-driving capability is 100% ready to rock.
  • ▶ 27:41 unnamed speaker I've tested a Model S recently, and I ordered a Model YL, and, ah, the self-driving capability is 100% ready to rock.
  • ▶ 28:11 unnamed speaker Like, truly, the only time you're driving a Tesla, if you have the full self-driving on the latest hardware, is you pulling into your garage or negotiating a parking lot, something like that. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 28:25 unnamed speaker Interestingly, Tesla has a feature, Smart Summon,
  • ▶ 30:00 unnamed speaker Um, it is crazy that I'm in a world where I think they're gonna ship cyber cab before Roadster. 7 times in the scene

Tesla’s Roadster, Car Week Takes, Unwell Beverages Shuts Down | Diet TBPN Aug 15, 2026 · 20 mentions

  • ▶ 19:33 Jordi Hays Tesla nears unveiling of radical new flying Roadster. 14 times in the scene
  • ▶ 19:33 Jordi Hays Tesla nears unveiling of radical new flying Roadster. 6 times in the scene

Nvidia’s $500B Compute Deal, Paramount Threatens CA Exit, Musk’s Shortcut to $1T Payday | Diet TBPN Aug 12, 2026 · 45 mentions

  • ▶ 11:44 John Coogan The idea is having SpaceX buy Tesla. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 12:31 John Coogan There's an obscure provision in Musk's twenty-twenty-five Tesla pay agreement that's already been, ah, approved by the shareholders, and it was that crazy one we talked about where it was, like, a million robo-taxis by this time, and,…
  • ▶ 19:50 John Coogan He's getting that trillion dollars in Tesla one way or another, and there are multiple ways. 24 times in the scene
  • ▶ 21:19 John Coogan They need ten million active FSD subscriptions. 7 times in the scene
  • ▶ 21:24 John Coogan They need to deliver one million Optimus robots. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 22:08 John Coogan I saw a robo-taxi driving around LA recently in gold, and, uh, like, just from using FSD, it seems like 4 times in the scene

U.S. Bans New Chinese Humanoids, Zuck’s Op-Ed, eBay's $56M Lawsuit | Diet TBPN Jul 30, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 2:06 John Coogan Uh, by comparison, U.S. companies, including Tesla and figure, shipped only a few hundred robots each, if that. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 6:21 John Coogan Even in a world where, you know, Tesla gets to the frontier of humanoid robots with Optimus, and then they're going up against, um, uh, a, a unit tree for, uh, a deployment in Germany, like BYD, right?
  • ▶ 7:42 John Coogan Uh, one was, um, I mean, he talks about humanoid robots, and, uh, he paints a very clear vision for the Optimist program, and it made me really hope that there's a lot of focus there, because that feels like an industry where,

Open Source vs. Closed Source, NVIDIA Backs SSI, YC Startup School Fills Stadium | Diet TBPN Jul 28, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:17 unnamed speaker I mean, even Tesla has a self-driving model.

AI Agents Hack Hugging Face, White House Promotes Science’s Golden Age | Diet TBPN Jul 23, 2026 · 1 mention

Inside Travis Kalanick’s Wild New AI Company Jul 22, 2026 · 1 mention

Stripe’s $53B PayPal Offer, OpenAI’s First Device, TBPN’s New Business Ideas | Diet TBPN Jul 16, 2026 · 4 mentions

China Considers AI Export Controls, SK Hynix $28B IPO, Banks Target Payment Business | Diet TBPN Jul 8, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 22:00 unnamed speaker And you need a support car, like a cyber truck behind you.

XBOX Layoffs, Tesla's New Model Y, $12.8M Lottery Dispute | Diet TBPN Jul 7, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 19:56 John Coogan The Model YL from Tesla. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 20:02 John Coogan Deliveries are still a couple months out, but it's a three-row, six-seat configuration for the Model Y. 2 times in the scene

Jersey Mikes's IPO, AI Lab Nationalization, SpaceX AIPhone | Diet TBPN Jul 3, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 19:48 John Coogan So they're not vertically integrating the chip like Apple Silicon just yet, but Elon has fab chips before for Tesla. 4 times in the scene

Rocket Lab Enters SpaceX Arena, Meta’s Prediction Market, America’s Tech Wishlist | Diet TBPN Jul 1, 2026 · 1 mention

SpaceX Takes Off, Cursor's Wild Rise, Snap Bets on AR Glasses | Diet TBPN Jun 17, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 3:35 unnamed speaker Because Tesla has not done a lot of acquisitions. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 7:51 unnamed speaker Uh, and then that provides, you know, it's like the model three.

Gavin Baker: SpaceX Might Be the Greatest Company of All Time Jun 15, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 1:29 Gavin Baker Um, the market as, as looked at Tesla over the last five, six years, you know, Amazon during kind of the days of, you know, when they were building out AWS and then, um, you know, kind of their, their retail distribution infrastructure…
  • ▶ 18:53 Jordi Hays And I mean, the, the Tesla Powerwall is like a version of that for storing energy.
  • ▶ 25:46 Gavin Baker Well, I did own 15% of the video when it was a sub two billion dollar market cap, but I owned 10% of Tesla when it was a sub two billion dollar market cap. 2 times in the scene

Bezos' Prometheus Raises $12B, America Inc. Moves to Texas, Trucking Rebounds | Diet TBPN Jun 12, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 25:06 unnamed speaker Among them, Tesla, a car company, and Caterpillar, a maker of construction equipment.

Social Network Sequel Trailer, Fable 5 Sparks Safety Debate, SpaceX IPO Watch | Diet TBPN Jun 10, 2026 · 1 mention

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

  • ▶ 21:45 unnamed speaker Feels like somewhat cyber truck, cyber punky futuristic.

Reactions: Ferrari’s First EV, The Enhanced Games | Diet TBPN May 27, 2026 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 0:59 Jordi Hays It is more performant than, I believe, the Model Three. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 6:23 Jordi Hays Pretty much everything BYD makes, pretty much everything that Tesla makes, and a lot of these other manufacturers, uh, but they could always argue, oh, but the performance, and I don't think for this kind of car buyer, performance matters. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 11:02 John Coogan You're going up against Tesla, this vertically integrated, like, comes with, like, if you want a daily, you also want self-driving capabilities, you also want the, oh, park it, auto summon, like, you want to be able to, like, all these,… 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 13:26 Jordi Hays You gotta be, you gotta be, like, disappointed, uh, in the price, uh, the gap between what you can get from a range and performance from Tesla or BYD, let's say in the 50, 60,000 dollar range, you're looking at a 10 X difference, right,…

IPO Giga Boom, World’s Fairs of the Past | Diet TBPN May 22, 2026 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 8:09 unnamed speaker The SpaceX listing will cement Musk's control of two of America's most valuable companies, SpaceX and Tesla. 7 times in the scene

Google I/O, Fertility Decline, Spotify Logo Drama | Diet TBPN May 20, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 17:27 unnamed speaker Andre Karpathy has gone from OpenAI to Tesla to Anthropik. 2 times in the scene

SpaceX IPO Date, ChatGPT x Personal Finance, Sanders & AOC vs. Data Centers | Diet TBPN May 15, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 29:53 John Coogan And ironically, Tesla has great onboard compute, uh, and it is a lagging feature. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 31:09 John Coogan It's crazy that no one, that they haven't been able to figure out how to just, like, clone FSD into Rivian, and, and GM has Super Cruise, which is nowhere near as effective, because it only works on certain roads.

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

  • ▶ 0:34 unnamed speaker So we got Elon Musk from Tesla, Tim Cook from Apple, Jensen from Nvidia, Kelly Ortberg from Boeing.

Altman’s Testimony, AI SPV Drama, Ebay Rejects $GME Bid | Diet TBPN May 13, 2026 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 1:36 unnamed speaker He explored scenarios where OpenAI might become a part of Tesla, where Altman might help lead Tesla AI, and where Musk could retain deep control. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 5:07 unnamed speaker There's an old email that says Altman might have joined the board of Tesla as part of, uh, old AI discussions. 6 times in the scene

Apple-Intel Chip Deal, U.S Adds 115K Jobs, DeepSeek Eyes $50B Valuation | Diet TBPN May 9, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:44 unnamed speaker There was a discussion about should Nvidia dual source, the Grace CPUs from Intel, ah, SpaceX, and Elon's been with Samsung for a lot of Tesla chips, but there's been, ah, discussion there.

Sam vs Elon Trial, Coinbase Cuts 14% in AI Pivot, Digesting Meta Earnings | Diet TBPN May 6, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 5:40 unnamed speaker He says, Greg, will a Model three make you be willing to accept massively unfavorable terms?
  • ▶ 14:56 unnamed speaker There's an interesting company that's launching, uh, basically a Tesla Powerwall for Blackwell, so you can just get GPUs mounted to your house.

AI Profits Surge, $70B Capex Surge Raises Investor Concerns, Automated Skin Exams | Diet TBPN May 1, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:27 unnamed speaker Tesla's at three 50.

Inside the OpenAI vs. Elon Musk Courtroom May 1, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 11:25 John Coogan It feels like the two, uh, the two stories that I've heard him sort of telling are one about his commitment to technology, humanity, uh, saving the world through, you know, Tesla and the electrification of the internal combustion engine…
  • ▶ 29:13 Jordi Hays He's pivoting Tesla production to, uh, Terminators.
  • ▶ 29:18 John Coogan Optimus.

Intel Rips, Thrive Launches Eternal, GPT 5.5 | Diet TBPN Apr 25, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 8:09 unnamed speaker Elon Musk wants to build a massively vertical integrated chip manufacturing operation with Tesla, SpaceX,

Thoma Bravo Loses Medallia, OpenAI Drops ChatGPT 5.5, Bob Iger Returns | Diet TBPN Apr 23, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 21:11 John Coogan Uh, Tesla also released Q one earnings, um, revenue of two point, uh, 22.4 billion versus 21.4 billion estimated. 4 times in the scene

Artemis II Makes History, Nutella in Space, The US-China AI Race | Diet TBPN Apr 13, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:38 John Coogan And so you could be in this interesting situation where Elon is incentivized to, to move a lot faster, probably not with humans on board, but get even just a basic optimist robot up there, get a lunar lander up there, just continue to…

SpaceX Financials, Does AI Increase Unemployment or Leisure, Chimp Civil War | Diet TBPN Apr 11, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 2:20 unnamed speaker In order to get a piece of high performing commercial space and telecom firm, but that's sort of been the space, uh, been the Tesla model for a long time. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:40 unnamed speaker Ashley Vance has an interesting deep dive on the Tesla semi truck factory.

Meta Tokenmaxxing, Intel Joins Terafab, Frontier AI vs. China | Diet TBPN Apr 8, 2026 · 10 mentions

  • ▶ 12:34 unnamed speaker Intel is proud to join the TerraFab project with SpaceX, XAI, and Tesla to help refactor Silicon 8 times in the scene
  • ▶ 14:47 unnamed speaker Uh, fabbing, I believe, at Samsung, although they do have Nvidia Dojo chips, I think, that are TSMC.
  • ▶ 14:54 unnamed speaker Optimus will also need chips, and they are planning to use Intel for that as well.

AI Is Coming for Your Memes, Crypto’s Quantum Clock, Axios Hack| Diet TBPN Apr 1, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 28:32 Tyler Cosgrove He tried to absorb DeepMind into Tesla in 2014, then OpenAI in 2018. 6 times in the scene

FULL INTERVIEW: Why I Think Nvidia Is Perfectly Positioned In The AI Race Mar 30, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 18:36 unnamed speaker Is it going to come from Optimus or
  • ▶ 19:18 unnamed speaker And, and maybe, maybe, I mean, even though Tesla's been vertically integrated to the point of being a consumer product, SpaceX has not.

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

  • ▶ 3:51 John Coogan Travis and Emil staying in charge of Uber would have led to a Tesla sized win.

SpaceX’s Lunar Mass Driver, OpenAI Hires Meta’s Top Ad Exec, Zuck Builds CEO Agent | Diet TBPN Mar 23, 2026 · 12 mentions

  • ▶ 0:05 John Coogan Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, the CEO of SpaceX, got some folks together, gave a big keynote presentation about his vision for the future. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 0:36 John Coogan I mean, he's doing sports cars, cyber trucks, Model three, Model Y, just consumer cars. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 0:36 John Coogan I mean, he's doing sports cars, cyber trucks, Model three, Model Y, just consumer cars.
  • ▶ 0:36 John Coogan I mean, he's doing sports cars, cyber trucks, Model three, Model Y, just consumer cars.
  • ▶ 3:17 John Coogan We'll build an electromagnetic mass driver on the moon with robots like Optimus and humans.
  • ▶ 7:55 John Coogan Where, whereas in the past with Point to Point, with Roadster, with Cybertruck, with Space Data Centers, all the other Elon pitches have been very focused on, uh, we think we can do this in five years.
  • ▶ 11:02 John Coogan They've done the Tesla tequila. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 11:02 John Coogan They've done the Tesla tequila.

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

  • ▶ 0:03 John Coogan Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, the CEO of SpaceX, uh, got some folks together, gave a big keynote presentation about his vision for the future. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 0:36 John Coogan I mean, he's doing sports cars, cyber trucks, you know, Model Three, Model Y, just consumer cars, YXL, space internet, space data centers, space launch capacity, point to point.
  • ▶ 0:36 John Coogan I mean, he's doing sports cars, cyber trucks, you know, Model Three, Model Y, just consumer cars, YXL, space internet, space data centers, space launch capacity, point to point.
  • ▶ 0:36 John Coogan I mean, he's doing sports cars, cyber trucks, you know, Model Three, Model Y, just consumer cars, YXL, space internet, space data centers, space launch capacity, point to point.
  • ▶ 3:37 John Coogan He says, to reach a petawatt, we'll build an electromagnetic mass driver on the moon with robots like Optimus and humans.
  • ▶ 9:59 John Coogan Where, whereas in the past, with Point to Point, with Roadster, with Cybertruck, with Space Data Center, all the other Elon pitches have been very focused on
  • ▶ 9:59 John Coogan Where, whereas in the past, with Point to Point, with Roadster, with Cybertruck, with Space Data Center, all the other Elon pitches have been very focused on
  • ▶ 14:27 unnamed speaker They should make, they should make a, they've done the Tesla tequila.
  • ▶ 18:35 John Coogan I'm looking for model three level success, not Tesla semi level success.
  • ▶ 18:35 John Coogan I'm looking for model three level success, not Tesla semi level success.
  • ▶ 20:49 John Coogan Now this is what the Tesla does, right?
  • ▶ 21:19 unnamed speaker Optimus is, is quite good.
  • ▶ 34:28 unnamed speaker Ryan says Roadster has been 10 years since they sold out pre-orders. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 39:49 John Coogan Well, we have a related prediction from Kelsey about, ah, Tesla. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 39:53 John Coogan Will the Tesla Optimus be released this year?

Samsung’s $70B Chip Bet, Apple Doing Nothing But Winning AI, Bezos’ New Fund | Diet TBPN Mar 19, 2026 · 19 mentions

  • ▶ 1:58 John Coogan So Tesla has been working with Samsung on the foundry side. 8 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:35 John Coogan And so the FSD system, if you have a Tesla, you might be familiar with like HW three hardware three, uh, that has been deployed into millions of cars and it was fabbed on Samsung's. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:35 John Coogan And so the FSD system, if you have a Tesla, you might be familiar with like HW three hardware three, uh, that has been deployed into millions of cars and it was fabbed on Samsung's.
  • ▶ 3:24 John Coogan And that is fab at TSMC. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 18:30 John Coogan So they're like, yeah, 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 23:28 John Coogan Elon has been saying the roadster reveal will blow your mind if it has a V-twelve.
  • ▶ 23:41 Jordi Hays Let's talk about this Tesla that you were following yesterday. 2 times in the scene

FULL INTERVIEW: Mark Cuban on Robots, AI, Self-Driving, and Advice to Students Mar 19, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 12:31 Mark Cuban I have a Tesla, and I upgraded for a couple months, and it terrified the shit out of me.

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

  • ▶ 8:45 unnamed speaker Tesla launched a premium tequila in a lightning bolt shaped bottle.
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