My personal theory is that Sam Altman is obsessed with TBPN (he's said he's a daily watcher of all 3 hours) and he wanted to give the two guys a big AI payout. I bet almost all the purchases were done in shares of OpenAI, which he promises they'll get to sell big in the IPO later this year.
I do like Coogan's work outside TBPN. He sent my college esports association a few cases of Soylent like a decade ago because I sent in a request asking nicely; we got to give them out at our LAN events. I've been following him on and off since.
Love the podcast and Coogan as well. Been following him for a while and he inspired much of my work outside of Substack. I try to pay attention to all of his projects to see how he’s evolving. Really happy for him.
Great article.
My personal theory is that Sam Altman is obsessed with TBPN (he's said he's a daily watcher of all 3 hours) and he wanted to give the two guys a big AI payout. I bet almost all the purchases were done in shares of OpenAI, which he promises they'll get to sell big in the IPO later this year.
I do like Coogan's work outside TBPN. He sent my college esports association a few cases of Soylent like a decade ago because I sent in a request asking nicely; we got to give them out at our LAN events. I've been following him on and off since.
Big fan of his political opinions:
https://x.com/johncoogan/status/1782195303476756583
Love the podcast and Coogan as well. Been following him for a while and he inspired much of my work outside of Substack. I try to pay attention to all of his projects to see how he’s evolving. Really happy for him.