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Coogan: AI music floods platforms but captures minimal actual listening time
“Current data shows AI music currently underperforms dramatically on a percentage basis. Like the number of AI songs is huge, but the number of like actual minutes watched and is, is low.”
John Coogan Feb 20, 2026 ▶ 6:25 The SaaSpocalypse is Cancelled, WB Back in Play, Zuck Grilled in LA Trial | Diet TBPN
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Coogan: AI music dramatically underperforms in listening time despite high volume
“Current data shows AI music currently underperforms dramatically. On a percentage basis, like the number of AI songs is huge, but the number of, like, actual minutes watched is low.”
John Coogan Feb 19, 2026 ▶ 7:39 The SaaSpocalypse Is Over
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Coogan: Peter Thiel Debated Buying Spotify at $5B in 2014
“Peter Thiel was debating Spotify whether or not it was a buy at five billion in 2014.”
John Coogan Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 19:15 Moltbook goes viral, $100B OpenAI-Nvidia deal stalled, SpaceX merges with xAI | Diet TBPN
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Coogan: Rogan can post full episodes on YouTube, unlike Call Her Daddy
“Rogan is now a couple years out from his Spotify deal. He's allowed to post the full episode on YouTube as well as on Spotify. Call Her Daddy's still in that tweener phase where they have to gate it, and so what went out on YouTube from Call Her Daddy was just…”
John Coogan Nov 30, 2024 ▶ 34:55 Taylor Lorenz Trades Teams (ep16)
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Coogan highlights Keras powering ML at YouTube, Netflix, and Waymo
“I mean, he built Keras. Powers ML solutions that countless companies touch. It powers your recommendations on YouTube, Netflix, Spotify, the fraud filtering of your credit card transactions, Waymo cars that drive you around San Francisco.”
John Coogan Nov 19, 2024 ▶ 3:12:46 Who's Getting Rich Off Ozempic? (e12)
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Mignano: Anchor raised under $15M and had 25 employees when acquired
“We ended up raising just under fifteen million total. We were about 25 people when we exited. We sold to Spotify in twenty-nineteen. They actually announced two acquisitions on the same day, Anchor and Gimlet.”
Michael Mignano Mar 13, 2025 ▶ 5:23 Michael Mignano on Building Anchor, Social Podcasting, and the Future of Oboe.
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