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OpenAI acquires popular tech talk show for ‘low hundreds of millions’ (www.ft.com)
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OpenAI has struck a deal to acquire TBPN, a technology-focused talk show popular in Silicon Valley, making an unexpected move into broadcasting after pledging to abandon "side quests" and focus on its core business.

The ChatGPT maker had purchased the 11-person company in a "low hundreds of millions of dollars" deal, according to a person with knowledge of the terms.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 days ago (4 children)

65k YouTube subs and they paid hundreds of millions?!?

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah this is the wildest overvaluation I've seen in ages. I've never heard of them, seems like most people here haven't.

OpenAI must be getting pretty damned desperate to turn the AI narrative to do this.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

OpenAI looking for their own Bari Weiss

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 19 points 2 days ago

It literally would have been cheaper to pay every subscriber a thousand dollars to listen to him.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, something is getting laundered there.

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

YouTube subs is a bad metric for a podcast.