Jason Koebler

Cofounder of 404 Media and former editor-in-chief of Motherboard. Koebler is a technology journalist who reports on AI, cybersecurity, surveillance, consumer rights, and internet culture, including 404 Media’s reporting on Meta’s AI support chatbot being abused to take over Instagram accounts.

Alphabet’s $80 Billion Raise Shows Public Markets Regaining AI Power

John Coogan used Diet TBPN’s discussion of Alphabet’s reported $80 billion equity raise to argue that AI has made access to public-market capital strategically important again. Coogan, with Jordi Hays, framed the same pressure across OpenAI’s gigawatt data-center plans, confidential IPO filings and other market moves: AI companies are no longer just competing on products and models, but on their ability to finance infrastructure, absorb risk and time their access to public investors.

TBPNJun 2, 202617 min read