Foundering podcast

Foundering

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Foundering is an award-winning, serialized podcast from the journalists at Bloomberg Technology. Each season, Foundering brings you inside a different high-stakes drama from the technology industry, where its companies are wielding unprecedented capital and power.

Foundering is an award-winning, serialized podcast from the journalists at Bloomberg Technology. Each season, Foundering brings you inside a different high-stakes drama from the technology industry, where its companies are wielding unprecedented capital and power.

 

#183

Introducing IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story

Kindbody, one of the largest fertility companies in the US, sought to disrupt egg freezing... more

30 Sep 2025

01 MINS

01:37

30 Sep 2025


#182

Introducing: Everybody's Business

A smart and fun chat show about all things business. Hosted by award-winning business and ... more

16 May 2025

01 MINS

01:27

16 May 2025


#181

Evolving Money: Rebuilding the Creator Economy (Sponsored Content)

What does it mean for content creators to “go onchain?” We’ll learn how ... more

19 Dec 2024

18 MINS

18:29

19 Dec 2024


#180

OpenAI Part 5: Beware the Ides of November

Right as Sam Altman was at the peak of his success, touring the world to espouse the virtu... more

27 Jun 2024

47 MINS

47:51

27 Jun 2024


#179

OpenAI Part 4: Heaven and Hell, Part 2

It’s widely predicted that AI will upend the economy and threaten many existing jobs. Sam ... more

20 Jun 2024

22 MINS

22:00

20 Jun 2024


#178

OpenAI Part 3: Heaven and Hell, Part 1

A group of high-level early employees who had glimpsed the fluidity and power of the techn... more

13 Jun 2024

31 MINS

31:38

13 Jun 2024


#177

OpenAI Part2: Ilya Dreams of AGI

OpenAI employees were motivated by the dream of building an artificial general intelligenc... more

06 Jun 2024

35 MINS

35:13

06 Jun 2024


#176

OpenAI Part 1: The Most Silicon Valley Man Alive

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, shot to tech stardom with the release of ChatGPT. His company i... more

06 Jun 2024

39 MINS

39:20

06 Jun 2024


#175

Foundering: The OpenAI Story (Trailer)

The biggest story in tech is artificial intelligence, and the biggest story in AI is OpenA... more

30 May 2024

02 MINS

02:00

30 May 2024


#174

McAfee Bonus: Q&A

A live Q&A with this season’s host, Jamie Tarabay, and a cybersecurity expert featured in ... more

16 May 2023

24 MINS

24:12

16 May 2023


#173

Introducing - Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

Coming soon: When nerdy gamer Sam Bankman-Fried rocketed to fame as the world’s richest 29... more

12 May 2023

02 MINS

02:21

12 May 2023


#172

McAfee Part 6: The Demise

A desperate escape by sea finds John McAfee deported to Europe. He ends up in a small Span... more

23 Mar 2023

42 MINS

42:55

23 Mar 2023


#171

McAfee Part 5: The Descent

John McAfee forms a new operation to capitalize on a financial opportunity in cryptocurren... more

16 Mar 2023

34 MINS

34:28

16 Mar 2023


#170

McAfee Part 4: The White House

John McAfee is back in America. He meets a new business partner who helps broker a lucrati... more

09 Mar 2023

40 MINS

40:45

09 Mar 2023


#169

McAfee Part 3: The Jungle

John McAfee seeks to evade a lawsuit and leaves the US behind. He makes a new life for him... more

02 Mar 2023

48 MINS

48:34

02 Mar 2023


#168

McAfee Part 2: The Yogi

After cashing out, John McAfee uproots and tries to reinvent himself. He starts a new comp... more

23 Feb 2023

38 MINS

38:41

23 Feb 2023


#167

McAfee Part 1: The Virus

McAfee antivirus software was ubiquitous in the 1990s, and its creator John McAfee helped ... more

16 Feb 2023

39 MINS

39:34

16 Feb 2023


#166

Introducing: The John McAfee Story

This season of Foundering retraces the life and gruesome death of John McAfee. In the 1980... more

09 Feb 2023

02 MINS

02:26

09 Feb 2023


#165

Introducing: Crash Course

Hosted by Bloomberg Opinion senior executive editor Tim O'Brien, Crash Course will bring l... more

05 Jan 2023

01 MINS

01:53

05 Jan 2023


#164

Amazon Part 7: The Final Frontier

It was the end of an era. Jeff Bezos announced he was leaving the CEO role at Amazon and b... more

14 Apr 2022

35 MINS

35:17

14 Apr 2022


#163

Amazon Part 6: The Billionaire and the Tabloid

A wayward CEO, a tabloid newspaper determined to humiliate the world’s richest person, a c... more

07 Apr 2022

42 MINS

42:52

07 Apr 2022


#162

Amazon Part 5: The Price of Speedy Delivery

For its first 20 years, Amazon relied on UPS and other delivery companies to get packages ... more

31 Mar 2022

37 MINS

37:28

31 Mar 2022


#161

Amazon Part 4: The Virtual Bazaar

Jeff Bezos made an unorthodox decision two decades ago to open the Amazon’s virtual shelve... more

24 Mar 2022

34 MINS

34:50

24 Mar 2022