TBPN TBPN Year in Review, TikTok Aims for $50B, Dana White on the AI Race | Diet TBPN
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Dec 20, 2025 Join the hosts as they reflect on a year filled with nearly 1,000 guests and 225 live streams. They dive into TikTok's impressive profitability and the potential sale of its U.S. unit. Discover Meta's ambitious new AI models and Dana White's thoughts on AI's role in entrepreneurship. The duo also explores the landscape of top apps for 2025, a viral robot solving Rubik's Cubes in an astonishing 0.1 seconds, and the implications of OpenAI's calls for federal partnerships. It's a festive wrap-up of innovation and tech trends!
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Daily Live Streams Built The Show
- TBPN ran 225 live streams and almost hit 1,000 guests this year, creating daily community rituals.
- John Coogan emphasized the show's growth came from two people having conversations rather than formal interviews.
ByteDance Nears Meta-Scale Profits
- Bloomberg reports ByteDance may hit roughly $50B in profit as it expands e-commerce and new markets.
- The company’s scale now rivals Meta and raises geopolitical and data-control questions for potential U.S. carve-outs.
US TikTok Spin-Out Focuses On Data
- TikTok's planned U.S. sale outlines a joint-venture split to address data, algorithm, and moderation concerns.
- The U.S. entity will retrain recommendation algorithms on U.S. data to limit foreign influence.