After CEO Sam Altman was dramatically fired and rehired in November 2023, he got right back to work building up OpenAI, best known for ChatGPT.

 

Now, about a year after that leadership upheaval, and two years after the seismic launch of that chat bot, Altman sat down with Josh Tyrangiel for a wide-ranging interview. Josh joined David Gura to talk about Altman’s evolution from Silicon Valley venture capitalist to a leader of the AI revolution, and how Altman is approaching the future of OpenAI — and planning to navigate the next four years under the Trump administration.


Read more: Sam Altman on ChatGPT’s First Two Years, Elon Musk and AI Under Trump

 

After CEO Sam Altman was dramatically fired and rehired in November 2023, he got right back to work building up OpenAI, best known for ChatGPT.
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Now, about a year after that leadership upheaval, and two years after the seismic launch of that chat bot, Altman sat down with Josh Tyrangiel for a wide-ranging interview. Josh joined David Gura to talk about Altman&rsquo;s evolution from Silicon Valley venture capitalist to a leader of the AI revolution, and how Altman is approaching the future of OpenAI &mdash; and planning to navigate the next four years under the Trump administration.
 Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-sam-altman-interview/?srnd=homepage-americas">Sam Altman on ChatGPT&rsquo;s First Two Years, Elon Musk and AI Under Trump</a>
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman Sits Down With Bloomberg Businessweek

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Energy prices are up — and President Trump is out of time to bring them down before the US midterm elections. 

On today’s Big Take podcast, David Gura breaks down the factors keeping prices high and how much it could cost the Republican party with White House reporter Josh Wingrove and Will Kubzansky, who covers gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. 

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Energy prices are up &mdash; and President Trump is out of time to bring them down before the US midterm elections.&nbsp;
On today&rsquo;s Big Take podcast, David Gura breaks down the factors keeping prices high and how much it could cost the Republican party with White House reporter Josh Wingrove and Will Kubzansky, who covers gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.&nbsp; We have a special Bloomberg subscription offer for podcast listeners at <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions/podcasts">Bloomberg.com/podcastoffer.</a>
Host: David Gura; Guests: Josh Wingrove and Will Kubzansky; Produced by Julia Press, David Fox, Julia Weaver; Edited by Naomi Shavin; Engineering by Sean Carter.

The Diesel Midterms

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When millions of retail investors piled into India’s options market to get rich quick, losses mounted and regulators launched a sweeping crackdown. 

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, guest host Rebecca Choong Wilkins and India equities reporter Savio Shetty break down how the world’s largest options market unraveled, why regulators are struggling to police the country’s latest craze and where traders are placing their bets now. 

Read more: How India Built (and Broke) the World’s Biggest Options Casino

Further listening: Inside Jane Street: The Enigmatic Firm That Rules Wall Street

Watch, from Originals: How India's Day Retail Traders Lost Billions

Host: Rebecca Choong Wilkins; Guest: Savio Shetty; Produced by Naomi Ng and Yang Yang; Edited by Crispina Robert and Julia Weaver. Engineering by Sean Carter II.

When millions of retail investors piled into India&rsquo;s options market to get rich quick, losses mounted and regulators launched a sweeping crackdown.&nbsp;
On today&rsquo;s Big Take Asia podcast, guest host Rebecca Choong Wilkins and India equities reporter Savio Shetty break down how the world&rsquo;s largest options market unraveled, why regulators are struggling to police the country&rsquo;s latest craze and where traders are placing their bets now.&nbsp;
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-india-options-market-boom-bust-sebi/">How India Built (and Broke) the World&rsquo;s Biggest Options Casino </a>Further listening: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-jane-street-the-enigmatic-firm-that-rules-wall/id1578096201?i=1000794526052">Inside Jane Street: The Enigmatic Firm That Rules Wall Street</a>
Watch, from Originals:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cndVRiZ9Pdc">How India's Day Retail Traders Lost Billions</a>
Host: Rebecca Choong Wilkins; Guest: Savio Shetty; Produced by Naomi Ng and Yang Yang; Edited by Crispina Robert and Julia Weaver.&nbsp;Engineering by Sean Carter II.

How India’s Day Traders Broke the World’s Biggest Options Market

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The AI infrastructure boom is funded by a complex web of investments, as tech companies pour money into one another and foreign investors funnel still more cash into the industry. That flow of foreign money is also creating global imbalances — and flashbacks to the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis.

On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Shawn Donnan and Bloomberg Economics’ Tom Orlik join David Gura on the AI industry’s global money machine: how it works and what risks it could pose to the global economy if the AI trade doesn’t deliver fast enough. 

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AI’s Giant Money Loop Is Drawing Foreign Cash Like 2008
National Bureau of Economic Research: Financing the AI Buildout

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Host: David Gura; Guests: Shawn Donnan and Tom Orlik; Produced by David Fox, Brunella Tipismana Urbano; Edited by Tracey Samuelson; Engineering by Emma Munger.

The AI infrastructure boom is funded by a complex web of investments, as tech companies pour money into one another and foreign investors funnel still more cash into the industry. That flow of foreign money is also creating global imbalances &mdash; and flashbacks to the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis.
On today&rsquo;s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg&rsquo;s Shawn Donnan and Bloomberg Economics&rsquo; Tom Orlik join David Gura on the AI industry&rsquo;s global money machine: how it works and what risks it could pose to the global economy if the AI trade doesn&rsquo;t deliver fast enough.&nbsp;
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<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-12/how-the-ai-boom-is-fueling-global-financial-risks?srnd=phx-bigtake">AI&rsquo;s Giant Money Loop Is Drawing Foreign Cash Like 2008</a></li>
<li>National Bureau of Economic Research:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w35865">Financing the AI Buildout</a></li>
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Host: David Gura; Guests: Shawn Donnan and Tom Orlik; Produced by David Fox, Brunella Tipismana Urbano; Edited by Tracey Samuelson; Engineering by Emma Munger.

AI’s Giant Money Loop Is Feeling Very 2008

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman Sits Down With Bloomberg Businessweek

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