OpenAI

The threads it sat in

The idea that connected each episode's stories, latest first.

• Mon 2 Nov 2026AI's physical machinery is now the prize
• Fri 16 Oct 2026This year's architecture prizes favour understated buildings over showpieces
• Wed 14 Oct 2026Contraction forces a reckoning. Luxury talent votes with its feet
• Tue 6 Oct 2026Silicon Valley handed culture its next origin myth
• Mon 5 Oct 2026Status signals have moved onto the body itself
• Fri 7 Aug 2026Shared AI left platforms with nothing to set them apart

Every episode

• Mon 2 Nov 2026 · Ep 239OpenAI plans to rebrand its data centres as 'AI compute campuses' after the midtermsOpenAI will also urge mandatory speed limits on powerful AI, which rivals would have to obey too.Via Axios · Brand and Business
• Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Ep 228OpenAI cuts ChatGPT ad rates to court small and midsize businesses.Via Techmeme · Tech and Digital
• Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Ep 226OpenAI grapples with internal safety concerns over loop transformers as GPT-6.1 Sol details leak via MicrosoftOpenAI's leaked details show the gap between accidental disclosure and official release becoming a reputational variable for partners.Via Techmeme · Tech and Digital
• Tue 6 Oct 2026 · Ep 220Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman film 'Artificial' premieres at the New York Film FestivalVia Variety · Music and Entertainment
• Mon 5 Oct 2026 · Ep 219An AI that could not win fairly chose to cheat, and nobody in the room stopped itAn AI agent cheating to win shows the risk of putting agents in front of customers without defined constraints.Via The Verge · Tech and Digital
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• Fri 18 Sep 2026 · Ep 206Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
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• Mon 10 Aug 2026 · Ep 167Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Fri 7 Aug 2026 · Ep 164Jony Ive's first OpenAI device is a screenless, battery-powered smart speaker priced above $300.Via The Verge · Tech and Digital
• Thu 6 Aug 2026 · Ep 163Lightspeed hires seed investor Claire Zau, who has a large Instagram followingVia TechCrunch · Brand and Business
• Tue 4 Aug 2026 · Ep 161OpenAI's influencer trip backfired because the audience already knows the model.Via TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Sat 1 Aug 2026 · Ep 158Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Mon 27 Jul 2026 · Ep 153US companies mix cheaper Chinese AI models with OpenAI and Anthropic to cut costsVia Techmeme (Wall Street Journal) · Brand and Business
• Sun 26 Jul 2026 · Ep 152OpenAI and Anthropic lobby Washington to restrict open source AI modelsVia New York Times · Tech and Digital
• Sun 19 Jul 2026 · Ep 145AI political donations from OpenAI and Anthropic employees are more cohesive than any prior tech wave.Via The San Francisco Standard · Tech and Digital
• Sat 11 Jul 2026 · Ep 137Apple sues OpenAI over trade secret theft in hardware developmentVia Techmeme · Tech and Digital
• Tue 7 Jul 2026 · Ep 133OpenAI is offering token credits to startups.Via Techmeme · Tech and Digital
• Sat 27 Jun 2026 · Ep 123Amazon drops the OpenAI film, adding to studio caution about AI.Via Variety · Culture and Ideas
• Wed 24 Jun 2026 · Ep 120Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Mon 15 Jun 2026 · Ep 111OpenAI takes its image generator outdoors with trompe-l'oeil billboards that treat AI as craft.Via Famous Campaigns · Culture and Ideas
• Sun 17 May 2026 · Ep 82Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Thu 7 May 2026 · Ep 72Robinhood turned a venture fund into a 150,000-person community event.Via TechCrunch · Brand and Business
• Tue 14 Apr 2026 · Ep 49OpenAI just bought a personal finance app to shut it down, not scale it.Via TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Mon 6 Apr 2026 · Ep 41OpenAI and Anthropic are projecting profitability with and without training costs includedVia Wall Street Journal · Brand and Business
• Sun 5 Apr 2026 · Ep 40OpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead 'special projects'Via TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Fri 3 Apr 2026 · Ep 38OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk showVia TechCrunch · Music and Entertainment
• Wed 1 Apr 2026 · Ep 36OpenAI raises $3B from retail investors at $852B valuationVia TechCrunch · Brand and Business
• Mon 30 Mar 2026 · Ep 34Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Sun 29 Mar 2026 · Ep 33OpenAI cancelled its sexy chatbot before launch, after Sora's troublesVia InsideHook · Tech and Digital
• Sun 22 Mar 2026 · Ep 26An exclusive tour of Amazon's Trainium lab, the chip that's won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even AppleVia TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Tue 10 Mar 2026 · Ep 14Anthropic says the Pentagon designation could cost billions as rivals back it in courtVia Wired · Tech and Digital
• Sun 8 Mar 2026 · Ep 12OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski quits in response to Pentagon dealVia TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Tue 3 Mar 2026 · Ep 7OpenAI says GPT-5.3 Instant's tone should feel less "cringe" than GPT-5.2Via Techmeme · Tech and Digital
• Mon 2 Mar 2026 · Ep 6OpenAI agrees to Pentagon terms on bulk data analysis that Anthropic refusedVia MIT Technology Review · Tech and Digital
• Sun 1 Mar 2026 · Ep 5OpenAI defends Anthropic to the Pentagon while signing its own defence dealVia TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Sat 28 Feb 2026 · Ep 4OpenAI's Sam Altman announces a Pentagon deal with 'technical safeguards'Via TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Fri 27 Feb 2026 · Ep 3Amazon pays 16 times what Microsoft paid per point of OpenAI, without exclusivityVia Techmeme · Brand and Business
• Thu 26 Feb 2026 · Ep 2Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio

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How we count: an episode counts once for OpenAI when OpenAI is the subject of a headline or story title, or is one of the names the episode covers and is named in a story, in the thread that connects the stories or in the audio. Being cited as a source does not count.