""We're crushing it," Karp said, sporting a white T-shirt and a six-figure Patek Philippe watch. "I'm the most humble I've ever been." But Karp wasn't there to talk business. Over 20-ish minutes, he confessed that he's "an unhappy Democrat," waxed poetic about what he thinks unifies "the woke left and the woke right," detailed his cross-country skiing conditioning, boasted that he works on holidays, and bragged that he can hang from a bar for 4 1/2 minutes."
""This is how most days go on "TBPN," short for the "Technology Business Programming Network." In less than a year, it's become something of a new media empire and an afternoon prayer circle for chronically online members of the tech industry. Five days a week, the Los Angeles-based former tech founders John Coogan, 36, and Hays, 29, anchor a marathon three-hour show discussing the tech news of the day and gabbing with three to 10 investors, founders, and occasionally journalists"
TBPN is a Los Angeles-based, three-hour daily live show anchored by former tech founders John Coogan and Jordi Hays. The show features interviews and call-ins from investors, founders, and occasionally journalists, and attracts high-profile Silicon Valley guests such as Marc Andreessen and Mark Cuban. The program cultivates a lively, opinionated audience of chronically online tech workers and blurs lines between industry news and entertainment. CEO Alex Karp appeared on the show and delivered a performative, personal segment that mixed political asides, physical boasting, and casual banter. The segment exemplifies the broader trend of tech insiders creating their own media platforms.
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