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John Coogan

@johncoogan
23 posts
2026-02-09
On my way to the Super Bowl with @tryramp. I'm rooting for NBC this year. Nearly a billion in ad spend on offense, I think they'll put up at least $3b in LTV. Keeping an eye on ROAS though, that's where the game is really won and lost. [image]
2026-02-09 View on X
TechCrunch

A look at the 2026 Super Bowl ads from Anthropic, Meta, Amazon, Google, and others, as AI continued to take center stage in ad creation and AI product promotion

Following last year's trend of showcasing AI in multimillion-dollar ad spots, the 2026 Super Bowl advertisements took it a step further …

2025-11-07
Wow, wild headline from the WSJ: “OpenAI Wants Federal Backstop for New Investments” - this reads very crazy, very bearish, it feels like if things are going well you don't ask for a backstop. Of course, there is nuance here, and OpenAI's CFO Sarah Friar clarified the comments
2025-11-07 View on X
Bloomberg

Sam Altman says OpenAI doesn't want government guarantees for data centers and expects to fund investments with revenues hitting “hundreds of billions by 2030”

company continues to lobby for financial support from the industry Victor Tangermann / Futurism : Trump Admin Says It's Not Bailing Out the AI Industry Regardless of How Hard It Cr...

2025-10-28
Super Bowl for people who know this chart. [image]
2025-10-28 View on X
OpenAI

OpenAI completes its recapitalization, “simplifying” its structure; OpenAI Foundation now has equity valued at ~$130B and still controls the OpenAI for-profit

OpenAI has completed its recapitalization, simplifying its corporate structure.  The nonprofit remains in control …

Super Bowl for people who know this chart. [image]
2025-10-28 View on X
Microsoft

Microsoft now holds a ~$135B investment in OpenAI Group PBC, or a ~27% stake, down from 32.5%; OpenAI commits to purchase an additional $250B in Azure services

Since 2019, Microsoft and OpenAI have shared a vision to advance artificial intelligence responsibly and make its benefits broadly accessible.

2025-04-13
Tim Cooked
2025-04-13 View on X
Bloomberg

The Trump administration exempts smartphones, laptops, hard drives, processors, memory chips, and machines used to make semiconductors from “reciprocal tariffs”

President Donald Trump's administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs …

2025-04-12
Tim Cooked
2025-04-12 View on X
Bloomberg

The Trump administration excludes smartphones, laptops, hard drives, processors, memory chips, and machines used to make semiconductors from reciprocal tariffs

President Donald Trump's administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs …

2025-03-18
Current Thing Coin [image]
2025-03-18 View on X
The Block

Solana deletes a social media video ad promoting its NYC conference in May 2025 after the crypto community criticized it for insensitivity towards gender issues

- Solana posted a video ad on social media on Monday to promote its upcoming conference, but it was removed hours later.

2025-03-16
I'm at YC demo day and it's a new era. Out: “Uber for Dogs” In: “Anduril for Dogs”
2025-03-16 View on X
CNBC

Garry Tan says ~80% of YC's W25 batch is AI focused, and the cohort is growing significantly faster than past ones, with actual revenue, thanks to “vibe coding”

Silicon Valley's earliest stage companies are getting a major boost from artificial intelligence.

2025-03-15
I'm at YC demo day and it's a new era. Out: “Uber for Dogs” In: “Anduril for Dogs”
2025-03-15 View on X
TechCrunch

A look at some standout startups from YC's W25 Demo Day, which showcased 160 companies, including several creating tools to enhance other companies' AI agents

Silicon Valley's most storied startup accelerator, Y Combinator, held its Winter 2025 Demo Day on Wednesday, showcasing its latest batch of 160 startups.

2025-03-14
Duo Lingo is done for when Apple releases this in 2041. [image]
2025-03-14 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple is planning an AirPods feature that will enable live translation of in-person conversations, coming in an update due later in 2025 tied to iOS 19

Apple Inc. is planning a new AirPods feature that allows the earbuds to live-translate an in-person conversation into another language …

2025-03-07
Apparently you can tweet and go on podcasts from prison now. Entirely possible for a VC to go on a generational run while in the clink.
2025-03-07 View on X
CoinDesk

In a Tucker Carlson interview, Sam Bankman-Fried says he was becoming closer to the GOP in the lead-up to his arrest and that played a role in his sentencing

where Luigi Mangione is also being held Bluesky: Dotto / @idott : I can haz pardon? Bernie Michalik / @berniemichalik.ca : I think I'm going to have to start a website called: isSB...

2025-03-04
Now that we have a strategic crypto gambling reserve, the obvious next step is to introduce Universal Basic Parlay. Every Friday Uncle Sam should send $5 to every citizens DraftKings account to give them a little thrill going into the weekend.
2025-03-04 View on X
CoinDesk

President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve, causing significant price surges

XRP, ADA, SOL post double-digit losses Molly White / Citation Needed : Issue 78 - President on brink of bailout for bitcoin CoinDesk : Here Is What Crypto Leaders Are Saying About ...

2025-01-28
Of course that's your contention. You just heard about DeepSeek two days ago. Just got done watching some 40-minute deep dive—Deirdre Bosa, probably. You're going to be talking about how this complicates things for the hyperscalers and how NVIDIA stock traded down 15%. [image]
2025-01-28 View on X
CNBC

Nvidia's stock fell 16.86% on January 27, closing at $118.58, losing nearly $600B in market cap, more than twice what any US company has lost in a single day

Nvidia lost close to $600 billion in market cap on Monday, the biggest drop for any company on a single day in U.S. history.

2024-04-23
Rippling has to be the greatest comeback in the history of tech. Here's the story told through interviews with the team. Great analysis in the quoted thread below. [video]
2024-04-23 View on X
TechCrunch

HR software company Rippling raised a $200M Series F led by Coatue at a $13.5B valuation, up from $11.25B in March 2023, and a separate $590M tender offer

what a powerful recruiting tool, I have to imagine it also continues to foster trust internally among employees at scale too @parkerconrad https://www.rippling.com/... Varun Mayya ...

2024-04-07
Tech was on a different planet in 2013. [video]
2024-04-07 View on X
TechCrunch

Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial co-founder of Genius and Everipedia, passed away in March at age 41, according to a post on Genius attributed to his family

Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial, never-boring co-founder of Genius and Everipedia, as well as an angel investor …

2024-02-06
AI guys will literally go to the ends of the earth to find more training tokens.
2024-02-06 View on X
Bloomberg

How researchers used AI to read the Herculaneum papyri, charred in 79 AD by Mount Vesuvius' eruption, potentially rewriting key parts of ancient world history

Well, make a 3D CT scan, use the images to virtually unfold, recognize the ink drops, and off you go.  Amazing work by three students (from Berlin, Nebraska and ETH Zurich). … X: N...

2024-02-03
Apple Vision Pro review: shockingly easy to use while driving!
2024-02-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Apple starts selling the Vision Pro in the US; Tim Cook compares Vision Pro debut to the birth of Mac, iPod, and iPhone in a memo to employees

Apple Inc. faithful lined up at its US stores on Friday to pick up the first Vision Pro headsets, ushering in what the company calls “the era of spatial computing.”

2023-11-20
photo of Emmett Shear (red) and Sam Altman (yellow) from when they were in the original 2005 Y Combinator class together. [image]
2023-11-20 View on X
TechCrunch

Satya Nadella says Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI staff will join Microsoft's new “advanced AI research team” and Microsoft remains committed to OpenAI

Microsoft has hired OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to head up a “new advanced AI research team,” …

2023-11-18
stop wildly speculating about the Sam Altman OpenAI situation the answer is simple and obvious time traveler. terminator situation. 100% confident about this. have it on good authority.
2023-11-18 View on X
OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman departs the company and leaves its board after a board review found he wasn't “consistently candid in his communications with the board”

The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc, the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities …

2023-07-11
so incredibly pumped to be working with Ryan. total badass, incredible pickup by FF https://twitter.com/...
2023-07-11 View on X
Forbes

Flexport founder Ryan Petersen joins Founders Fund as a partner; Petersen, who stepped down as CEO in March 2023, will continue as Flexport's executive chairman

Alex Konrad / Forbes :