CEO Sam Altman hinted at buying TBPN weeks before OpenAI acquired the famous technology industry podcast. While speaking on TBPN Co-founders John Coogan and Jordi Hays' podcast about his plans to acquire new firms, Altman had said, "[What] I've in mind...is something that's…a mixture of individual product and research lab." Notably, this is OpenAI's first acquisition of a media company.