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Amazon Ban Hammer, Seedance Strategy, Amazon Blocks Muse | Vinod Khosla, Augustus Doricko, Ben Hylak, Aaron Levie, Lucas Shaw

TBPN

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* (01:46) - AI Video Models * (22:59) - Seedance Strategy * (29:40) - Meta Up Big * (31:10) - Amazon Blocks Muse * (44:19) - Augustus Doricko discusses Rainmaker’s $100 million Series B and its mission to address global water shortages through auto...

Highlights

TBPN explores the fast-moving competition around AI video, agentic commerce, weather technology, enterprise software, and Hollywood. The episode combines product demos and market debates with interviews on Rainmaker, personal agents, Box, iConnections, Raindrop, and the changing economics of film and streaming.
01:42
The New AI Video Model Lands
24:21
ByteDance has the natural video flywheel
33:50
Amazon is protecting its advertising business
41:54
Hallucinations are coming back in full force
45:53
Water is a strategic resource
1:06:56
Trust is the moat
1:29:16
AI is a net positive for software
1:55:27
Bringing elite conference access to the masses
2:01:34
Raindrop treats reliability as human alignment
2:16:00
Commoditized taste makes standing out more important
2:29:23
The Paramount settlement is a big win for David Ellison
2:34:38
Movies must feel worth leaving the house for
2:42:25
Netflix could build a shield against content slop

Chapters

The show sets up a day of AI, finance, and technology interviews
00:00
AI Video Models
01:46
Seedance Strategy
22:59
Meta Up Big
29:40
Amazon Blocks Muse
31:10
Augustus Doricko discusses Rainmaker’s $100 million Series B and its mission to address global water shortages through autonomous drone-based cloud seeding. He explains the company’s work with data centers, ski resorts, governments, and researchers, as well as how AI is accelerating its atmospheric science and weather-modification capabilities.
44:19
Vinod Khosla discusses the emerging personal-agent market, arguing that consumer trust, transparency, task completion, and secure payments will determine success rather than traditional platform lock-in. The venture capitalist and founder of Khosla Ventures predicts that startups may outperform large technology companies by building unbiased agents that work across users’ preferred channels, protect their interests, and reliably complete tasks.
57:45
Aaron Levie discusses how AI agents are strengthening enterprise software by increasing demand for secure, authoritative data platforms like Box. The Box co-founder and CEO also explores personal agents’ potential to reduce consumer friction, alongside the industry’s need to balance rapid innovation with security, safety, and regulation.
1:21:47
Ron Biscardi discusses co-founding and leading iConnections, a technology-driven capital introduction platform connecting institutional investors with alternative fund managers. He also explains Tomorrow X, an accessible technology conference designed to connect retail investors and independent analysts with leading executives and investors.
1:48:26
Ben Hylak discusses Raindrop, the AI-agent reliability company he co-founded, and its new simulation tools for detecting and preventing production issues. He explores enterprise AI adoption, company-specific agent alignment, AI-generated content and branding, Raindrop’s $35 million fundraise, and the potential capabilities of Tesla’s forthcoming Roadster.
1:58:00
Lucas Shaw discusses major shifts in Hollywood, including David Ellison’s Paramount–Warner Bros. deal, the film industry’s recovery, and Apple’s streaming strategy. A Bloomberg entertainment reporter, Shaw also examines the intensifying competition between Netflix and YouTube for creators and the potential benefits of greater platform competition.
2:27:17

Transcript

John Coogan: watching tbpn today is monday, september 21st, 2026, we are live tbpn ultra dome. The temple of technology, the fortress of finance, the capital of capital. How many days till christmas? Tbpn's road to christmas started weeks ago. We got 94 da...