# OpenAI Bought a Talk Show. The Cost Was Not the Point.

- slug: openai-bought-a-talk-show-the-cost-was-not-the-point
- date: 2026-04-07
- category: Artificial Intelligence

For $200M-plus, OpenAI bought a 70,000-viewer show whose hosts already liked Sam Altman. The CCO seat is empty. The DoD deal caused a backlash. This is what buying credibility looks like when you have $122B to spend.

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