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John Coogan said on April 2, 2026 that TBPN has been acquired by OpenAI.

2026-04-02 · 17:26 UTC ·@johncoogan ·1 min read

Brief

TBPN is being folded into OpenAI, according to founder John Coogan, who said the show will keep its weekday 11am Pacific live schedule. He presented the acquisition as a continuation of a decade-plus relationship with Sam Altman spanning startup funding, Y Combinator, and Founders Fund, and said TBPN will now have more resources going forward.

Why it matters

John Coogan said on April 2, 2026 that TBPN has been acquired by OpenAI.

Key details

  • Coogan said TBPN’s format will not change after the acquisition and that the show will continue streaming live every weekday at 11am Pacific.
  • Coogan framed the deal as the culmination of a long relationship with Sam Altman, saying Altman funded his first company in 2013, helped during a later funding-round logjam, was YC president during Coogan’s second company, and that Coogan first saw OpenAI’s post-ChatGPT round while at Founders Fund in late 2022.
Source evidence

title: @johncoogan: TBPN has been acquired by OpenAI!

The show is staying the same and we’ll continue to go live at 11a...
author: @johncoogan
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published: 2026-04-02T17:26:59+00:00
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TBPN has been acquired by OpenAI!

The show is staying the same and we’ll continue to go live at 11am pacific every weekday.

This is a full circle moment for me as I’ve worked with @sama for well over a decade. He funded my first company in 2013. Then helped us fix a serious logjam during a critical funding round a few years later. When I took my second company through YC, he was president at the time, and then when I joined Founders Fund, the first deal I saw in motion was the post-ChatGPT round in late 2022. And as we started growing TBPN last year, he was the very first lab lead to join the show.

Thank you to everyone that has been a part of TBPN until now. The last year has been the most fun and rewarding part of my career and we’re excited to have more resources than ever going forward.