Jordy

Jordi Hays is a co-founder of TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network), a podcast and media brand he built alongside John Coogan starting in late 2024. OpenAI acquired TBPN in April 2026 — its first-ever media acquisition — for a reported price in the low hundreds of millions of dollars, roughly 18 months after launch. Before TBPN, Hays co-founded Party Round, an a16z-backed fundraising platform acquired by Rho in 2023, and Branded Native, a YouTube advertising network; he is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree (Finance, 2023).