# TBPN

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/shows/tbpn/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

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TBPN is a tech news show, hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, with a new episode every day.

6 moments cut from 2 episodes, 1 with an AI builder talking, mostly on cybersecurity and frontier models.

Also [No. 13 of 18 tech podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/tech-podcasts/#tbpn).

- [John Coogan](https://realalpha.app/hosts/)
- [Jordi Hays](https://realalpha.app/hosts/)

**New episodes**

Daily

**Latest**

Oct 23, 2026

**Moments cut**

6

**Episodes cut**

2

What its moments are about

- Cybersecurity 2
- Frontier models 2
- Open-weight models 2
- Science & math 2
- AI agents 1
- Data centers & energy 1

## Best moments from TBPN

From its most-watched episodes, best first. Each plays right here.

1. TBPN · Oct 13, 2026 · 5 min
   **[One researcher plus AI agents found a Chrome full-chain exploit in 6 days](https://realalpha.app/s/one-researcher-plus-ai-agents-found-a-chrome-full-chain/)**
   > “What that means is that you just point your web browser at one malicious website, and the attacker will own your entire Windows PC.”
   TBPN [2:00:37](https://realalpha.app/v/X55cYs-wYOM/?t=7237)
2. TBPN · Oct 9, 2026 · 5 min
   **[Open-source models trail closed ones by about six months](https://realalpha.app/s/open-source-models-trail-closed-ones-by-about-six-months/)**
   > “This is different because we're getting this capability before we've really characterized the shape of the threat.”
   TBPN [6:21](https://realalpha.app/v/7Svao3YGtp0/?t=381)
3. TBPN · Oct 13, 2026 · 5 min
   **[How pooled compute lets startups and public users share GPU capacity](https://realalpha.app/s/how-pooled-compute-lets-startups-and-public-users-share-gpu/)**
   > “the benefit of pooling is we get to essentially load balance across these different customer types”
   TBPN [55:49](https://realalpha.app/v/X55cYs-wYOM/?t=3349)
4. TBPN · Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min
   **[Locking down open source clashes with crypto's libertarian roots](https://realalpha.app/s/locking-down-open-source-clashes-with-cryptos-libertarian/)**
   > “the doom scenario becomes like way more human enabled if you are able to amass capital pretty quickly as a rogue agent.”
   TBPN [11:00](https://realalpha.app/v/7Svao3YGtp0/?t=660)
5. TBPN · Oct 13, 2026 · 3 min
   **[Why micro machines are an unserved manufacturing space](https://realalpha.app/s/why-micro-machines-are-an-unserved-manufacturing-space/)**
   > “semiconductor manufacturing was invented to make one kind of machine, right? It's the semiconductor transistor and circuits built around that.”
   TBPN [2:20:27](https://realalpha.app/v/X55cYs-wYOM/?t=8427)
6. TBPN · Oct 9, 2026 · 1 min
   **[Math breakthroughs are the visible tip of AI progress](https://realalpha.app/s/math-breakthroughs-are-the-visible-tip-of-ai-progress/)**
   > “for every breakthrough in math, you should assume there's a bunch of other breakthroughs in other fields that have more commercial applications”
   TBPN [12:15](https://realalpha.app/v/7Svao3YGtp0/?t=735)

## The best TBPN episodes

Ranked as our lists rank shows: a point for each best minute we cut from it, one more when an AI builder is talking, and one more when it cleared our views bar.

1. 01 [Muse Wonder, Anjney Sizes Up, Neal Stephenson Joins, Social Reckoning Review, Eli Manning Live](https://realalpha.app/v/X55cYs-wYOM/) Oct 13, 2026 · 3 moments
2. 02 [Crypto Going Bunker Mode, AI Mathpocalypse, Starbucks Explores Chipotle Takeover | Diet TBPN](https://realalpha.app/v/7Svao3YGtp0/) Oct 9, 2026 · 3 moments

## The 3 guests we’ve cut

- [Oege de Moor](https://realalpha.app/builders/oege-de-moor/) Founder & CEO, XBOW 1 moment
- [Anjney Midha](https://realalpha.app/people/anjney-midha/) Founder, AMP 1 moment
- [Jeff Holden](https://realalpha.app/people/jeff-holden/) Founder & CEO, Atomic Machines 1 moment

## Recent episodes

- TBPN
  **[Matthew Prince on PHP2Shell, Duo on Arrival, 100 Really Difficult Phone Calls, Norwegian Gold Scheme](https://realalpha.app/v/xq6fzvVM6V4/)**
  Matthew Prince
  5.8K views · Oct 22
- TBPN
  **[Cybersecurity Red Alert, SpaceX Earnings, OpenAI Strikes Google Deal | Diet TBPN](https://realalpha.app/v/aojgN8IyR54/)**
  7.8K views · Oct 21
- TBPN
  **[The Internet Is Finished, Nobody Expects The Number 4, Early iPhone Duo Reviews, SpaceXSITesla](https://realalpha.app/v/bZ2LCneByR4/)**
  8.8K views · Oct 21
- TBPN
  **[Muse Wonder, Anjney Sizes Up, Neal Stephenson Joins, Social Reckoning Review, Eli Manning Live](https://realalpha.app/v/X55cYs-wYOM/)**
  Neal Stephenson, Anjney Midha & 9 more
  [2:00:08](https://realalpha.app/v/X55cYs-wYOM/?t=7208) of 2:51:39 · Oct 13
- TBPN
  **[Crypto Going Bunker Mode, AI Mathpocalypse, Starbucks Explores Chipotle Takeover | Diet TBPN](https://realalpha.app/v/7Svao3YGtp0/)**
  [3:37](https://realalpha.app/v/7Svao3YGtp0/?t=217) of 31:47 · Oct 9

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