Episodes 187
Avg. Duration 26m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 4.5 (987)
Since Oct 2016
Latest Episode May 2026

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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.

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S6E5 Bob Lee Part 5: Tech vs. San Francisco

May 07, 2026 38m Transcript

With Nima Momeni convicted of second degree murder, the media storm around Bob Lee faded. Reporter Shawn Wen tries to make sense of the widespread fascination with Lee’s death. She looks to the…

S6E4 Bob Lee Part 4: The Made-for-TV Murder Trial

Apr 30, 2026 50m Transcript

Nima Momeni's trial for murdering Bob Lee began in October 2024. Lee's killing, no longer a stand-in for random street crime, no longer fit neatly into the political zeitgeist. Instead, the tabloids…

S6E3 Bob Lee Part 3: The Brilliant Programmer and a Lot of Wild Living

Apr 23, 2026 38m Transcript

Weeks after his death, Bob Lee’s toxicology report was released, indicating that he had alcohol, cocaine, and ketamine in his system. While his killing no longer fit neatly with the San Francisco…

S6E2 Bob Lee Part 2: The Brother Did It

Apr 16, 2026 47m Transcript

Nine days after Bob Lee was found stabbed in San Francisco, police arrested Nima Momeni for his murder. Desperate to squash the ‘Doom Loop’ narrative, San Francisco officials insisted that Bob Lee…

S6E1 Bob Lee Part 1: San Francisco Has Blood On Its Hands

Apr 16, 2026 37m Transcript

Three years ago, Bob Lee, a tech executive famous for creating Cash App, was found stabbed in San Francisco. His killing set off a wave of online fury. Reporter Shawn Wen takes us back to the…

S6 Foundering: The Killing of Bob Lee (Trailer)

Apr 14, 2026 1m Trailer Transcript

Three years ago, Bob Lee, a tech executive best known for creating Cash App, was found stabbed in the streets of San Francisco. His killing set off a wave of online fury. Rumors and misinformation…

Preview: The Sixth Bureau, Episode 1

Feb 14, 2026 12m Transcript

It’s an open secret that the Chinese government has engaged in a global campaign to acquire intellectual property from foreign rivals. At the center of that campaign is the Ministry of State…

Introducing IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story

Sep 30, 2025 1m Transcript

Kindbody, one of the largest fertility companies in the US, sought to disrupt egg freezing and IVF by combining spa vibes with Silicon Valley efficiency. The startup raised millions, opened dozens of…

Introducing: Everybody's Business

May 16, 2025 1m Transcript

A smart and fun chat show about all things business. Hosted by award-winning business and economics journalists Max Chafkin (author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of…

Evolving Money: Rebuilding the Creator Economy (Sponsored Content)

Dec 19, 2024 18m Transcript

What does it mean for content creators to “go onchain?” We’ll learn how this movement to take financial power back from closed-off social media platforms could give creators a kind of freedom that…

S5E5 OpenAI Part 5: Beware the Ides of November

Jun 27, 2024 47m Transcript

Right as Sam Altman was at the peak of his success, touring the world to espouse the virtues of AI, his board turned on him. Altman was unceremoniously fired. OpenAI’s coup is a story of secrets,…

S5E4 OpenAI Part 4: Heaven and Hell, Part 2

Jun 20, 2024 22m Transcript

It’s widely predicted that AI will upend the economy and threaten many existing jobs. Sam Altman, in trying to stay ahead of public fears of mass unemployment, has offered universal basic income as a…

S5E3 OpenAI Part 3: Heaven and Hell, Part 1

Jun 13, 2024 31m Transcript

A group of high-level early employees who had glimpsed the fluidity and power of the technology behind ChatGPT left OpenAI to start a new company. Their exit sparked concerns that OpenAI is not…

S5E2 OpenAI Part2: Ilya Dreams of AGI

Jun 06, 2024 35m Transcript

OpenAI employees were motivated by the dream of building an artificial general intelligence, which could think and solve problems like a human mind. In reality, they sometimes spent their days…

S5E1 OpenAI Part 1: The Most Silicon Valley Man Alive

Jun 06, 2024 39m Transcript

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, shot to tech stardom with the release of ChatGPT. His company is one of the most valuable startups in the world, and he is treated like an ambassador for the AI future,…

S5 Foundering: The OpenAI Story (Trailer)

May 30, 2024 2m Trailer Transcript

The biggest story in tech is artificial intelligence, and the biggest story in AI is OpenAI. The company’s rapid progress and blazingly popular consumer products like ChatGPT have pushed tech giants…

S4 McAfee Bonus: Q&A

May 16, 2023 24m Bonus Transcript

A live Q&A with this season’s host, Jamie Tarabay, and a cybersecurity expert featured in the series, Allan Liska. This bonus episode was recorded following a live production of “Foundering: The…

Introducing - Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

May 12, 2023 2m Transcript

Coming soon: When nerdy gamer Sam Bankman-Fried rocketed to fame as the world’s richest 29-year-old, he pledged to donate his billions to good causes. But then his crypto exchange FTX collapsed…

S4E6 McAfee Part 6: The Demise

Mar 23, 2023 42m Transcript

A desperate escape by sea finds John McAfee deported to Europe. He ends up in a small Spanish town, but the walls are closing in on him. Reporter Jamie Tarabay investigates the final days of McAfee…

S4E5 McAfee Part 5: The Descent

Mar 16, 2023 34m Transcript

John McAfee forms a new operation to capitalize on a financial opportunity in cryptocurrencies. Drugs and paranoia take over. Reporter Jamie Tarabay chronicles the beginning of the end for McAfee.See…

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