If OpenAI hits a $1 trillion valuation, a 5% government stake divided among 350 million US citizens yields roughly $143 per person — less than one month of a ChatGPT Pro subscription.
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The proposed 5% OpenAI stake for the Trump administration sparks one of the episode's most pointed political tangents. Theo opens with a personal message to Sam Altman thanking him for doing what nobody else had the courage to do — publicly and aggressively courting the administration in order to preserve AI progress. The move is immediately called out as performative theater, compared unfavorably to Pride Month rainbow profile pictures. But Theo argues it's the necessary theater of the moment: make the government feel like they control the decision-making process long enough for actual AI safety infrastructure to be built, then hand that infrastructure to them as a fait accompli. [1] — Theo "5% of OpenAI ÷ 350M citizens = ~$143/person: If OpenAI hits a $1 trillion valuation, a 5% government stake divided among 350 million US cit…" 38:32 The math lands as a punchline: at a $1 trillion valuation, 5% divided among 350 million Americans equals $143 — less than one month of ChatGPT Pro. Theo also notes the delicious irony that if citizen equity is ever distributed, Sam Altman — who famously holds no equity in OpenAI — would finally have the same stake in the company as every American, including Theo and Ben.
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More than 1 million people have visited SiteGPT's website since launch in March 2023, all through organic channels.
Approximately 90% of SiteGPT's Google search traffic comes from the free tools Bhanu built, not the main product pages.
Bhanu sold his first SaaS product, Feather, for $250,000 so he could focus fully on the faster-growing SiteGPT.
SiteGPT has generated approximately $500,000 in total revenue since its launch in March 2023.
The average customer lifetime value for SiteGPT is approximately $1,700 to $1,800, which Bhanu considers unusually high.
SiteGPT receives around 50,000 visitors per month, of which about 200 convert to leads and 60 start free trials.
SiteGPT hit $10,000 MRR within its very first month of launch, driven largely by early traction in the AI chatbot space.
Despite strong download numbers, PropGPT could not push past $1,000–$2,000 MRR due to poor product retention.
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