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@paularambles Instead we got mooned. velvetshark.com/ai-company-log…

til we could’ve ended up with this logo

OpenAI acquired TBPN for $100M+ but most people are drawing the wrong conclusions. OpenAI doesn’t care about TBPN as a business or a show. They immediately shut down all ads and they are going to leave full editorial independence to John and Jordi. That is a big win for TBPN and the team, but more importantly it is the signal for what OpenAI was actually after. They wanted to acquire @johncoogan, @jordihays, @DylanAbruscato and the team. These guys are some of the smartest, most experienced marketers on the internet right now. They understand how to win the vibe war, while making everyone love them. Luxury positioning with down-to-earth approachability. Those who have never built a media company won’t understand how difficult it is to pull this off. But John, Jordi, Dylan and others executed this strategy perfectly. And this is what OpenAI has to replicate. They need users to pay for the high compute costs, yet they need to make AI less scary and threatening. So OpenAI is not buying a show. They are not paying a multiple on revenue. And they definitely are not planning to use TBPN to run some psyop campaign. OpenAI just pulled off one of the best talent acquisitions in a long time. They figured out how to hire generational talent to beef up their marketing and comms efforts. The money was merely the price it would take for the team to give up their neutral position in the ecosystem and point their talent behind a single company. OpenAI wanted the people. TBPN was just the vessel to effectuate the transaction. And the money was the market clearing price to pull off a blockbuster trade for first round draft pick talent. Congratulations to each of them. They are true trailblazers who understand their market value and they exploited it to the tune of $100M+ Not bad for a few guys in a warehouse with a couple of cameras :)

@Jason This is all about the guy you voted for @Jason

It’s legit a banger

@AJamesMcCarthy wild how much textile is shown here. not what first comes to mind when I think "rocketship"

The shots from my remote cameras are absolutely unreal. Hopefully will have something mind-blowing to share tomorrow :)

@Bonecondor rowing cox makes it all come together

when I say I'm a shapeshifter this is what I mean

@devahaz It’s giving “Slimer waz here” vibes

I thought we were done w “Dubai Chocolate”

@Ricburton It’s preposterous to claim “TBPN will stay the same”

Joe Rogan selling out to Spotify was terrible This is even more confusing 🫤

“TBPN will stay the same” 👀

@lessin MSFTs chart is the way it is because their core product is embarrassingly broken. OpenAI dealing can’t fix that

The recent cycle 12 month cycle from "satya is greatest ceo in history and sundar sucks... to sundar is great and satya sucks" is extreme to the point of being pretty funny. these are the narratives written by pure media pundit bots.

@Deeplearner2 @chris_j_paxton I would love to see a timelapse of it folding a basket of laundry… having trouble envisioning folded clothes output workflow

Your home laundry folding robot has arrived - the full unit with arms, compute, cams, light, and table is $1500 incl shipping and taxes to USA and Canada. Works on a 2.5 x 2ft folding table, perfect for apartments, 1 min/item, fully autonomous, safe, private, 1 year warranty @7Xrobotics

@Deeplearner2 @chris_j_paxton That’s amazing… iirc I paid $300 for a SO101 kit and supplied my own RPi.

Good morning to California only

@postholer Number in red is... miles along the continental divide?

April 1st average snow vs April 1st 2026. postholer.com/map/Continenta…

@sethsetse is this where you tell me you aren't joining my sailing team

there’s a certain social standing you reach in SF where this city is actually more distracting than NY. i am nowhere near such a standing but I imagine it exists

@kane getting paid $10k to make 5 slides is why I became a vc tho

@hopes_revenge piss off

bye

Taking today to recognize those first banana-powered pioneers who paved the way for our space program. #artemis

I’m blindsided that there was finally a Republican sex scandal that didn’t involve minors.

Take me down to the parallax city where the back moves slow and the front moves quickly.

@Pablo21905494 @Scott_Wiener I agree but executive director is a bad example. Middle management and union overtime is a bigger issue

@Scott_Wiener Try reducing salaries you despicable POS.

This is not a drill. Absent stable long-term funding, Caltrain, like BART, will crater & potentially shut down entirely. Muni will reduce service by as much as 50%. We can avoid this disaster for the Bay Area by passing two funding measures on the ballot in November: a regional measure I legislated last year & a companion measure in San Francisco sponsored by the Mayor. The Bay Area runs on transit. Without it, we’ll see escalating gridlocked traffic, people not being able to get where they’re going & way more pollution. We must not let that happen.