{"podcast":{"title":"Big Technology Podcast","slug":"big-technology-podcast-197340","podcast_index_feed_id":197340,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LI3617121267","website_url":"https://www.bigtechnology.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e70f9594-937b-11ec-bfe0-2b4c46de3cc3/image/ac86ab8de3e6d78450970f49c51a117b.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Alex Kantrowitz","episode_count":534,"summary":"The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T10:21:29.472576+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-technology-podcast-197340"},"episode":{"title":"OpenAI buys TBPN, SpaceX’s $2 Trillion IPO?, Iran Disables Amazon Infrastructure","slug":"openai-buys-tbpn-spacex-s-2-trillion-ipo-iran-disables-amazon-infrastructure","published_at":"2026-04-04T01:17:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-technology-podcast-197340/openai-buys-tbpn-spacex-s-2-trillion-ipo-iran-disables-amazon-infrastructure","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-technology-podcast-197340","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/t7yC0rGPUqahTF4et8YD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AMPP7510351765.mp3?updated=1775265828","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/t7yC0rGPUqahTF4et8YD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AMPP7510351765.mp3?updated=1775265828","summary":"Liz Hoffman of Semafor joins us for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Why OpenAI bought TBPN 2) The best possible explanation for why OpenAI did it 3) Does the deal really accomplish OpenAI's content marketing goals? 4) Will TBPN convince any non-believers that AI is good? 5) OpenAI's Fidji Simo takes medical leave from the company 6) SpaceX files to go public at a potential $2 trillion market cap 7) Will SpaceX and Tesla merge? 8) Some AWS servers are \"hard down\" in Bahrain and Dubai 9) More on the private credit worries 10) Big Technology is not for sale! --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Want to advertise in Big Technology? Write bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Liz Hoffman of Semafor joins us for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Why OpenAI bought TBPN 2) The best possible explanation fo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3295,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-technology-podcast-197340/episodes/openai-buys-tbpn-spacex-s-2-trillion-ipo-iran-disables-amazon-infrastructure/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-technology-podcast-197340/openai-buys-tbpn-spacex-s-2-trillion-ipo-iran-disables-amazon-infrastructure.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}