I'm Julia Black, the tech and money correspondent at Vanity Fair. I've written about everything from AI to fertility tech for over a decade at publications including The Information, The New York Times, WIRED, and MIT Technology Review. At Vanity Fair, I write A Billion to One, a weekly column and newsletter on the money, power, and influence of technology.
In this week's edition of A Billion to One, I wrote about OpenAI's recent acquisition of the TBPN podcast and why the company might be interested in expanding its media portfolio to aid its public relations. I'm interested in how this surprising move fits into the company's shifting strategy in the lead-up to its 2026 IPO, the coming midterms, and the arrival of its powerful new model, Spud.
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