Sam Koppelman
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1,054 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 4 Sep
Sam Koppelman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We actually spoke to a former high-level Brainco exec who told me that almost the entire team in Somerville was laid off by like 2024 in the first couple months.
Almost nobody was coming into the office.
We actually had a reporter go visit Brainco's offices three different times.
We never saw more than two people.
Great.
That guy Max Newland, who was the president of Brainco in the United States, he resigned.
And he was the same guy who was always hyping Brainco up.
Such an important question.
And here is where we've got to make clear that in China, it's not like optional to share information and data with the government.
They actually have a national intelligence law that requires Chinese companies to cooperate with intelligence services when requested.
This, you may remember, is why TikTok was almost banned in the United States.
Yes.
But the thing is, like, where is TikTok knows your preferences for which dances and cooking recipes?
And memes you want to watch, Brainco has data on your actual brain waves.
Right.
So during this period of time when Brainco was laying low in the US, waiting for the school controversy to pass, the Chinese government's interest in Brainco's data doesn't seem ever to have wavered.
In fact, Brainco is now being listed as one of the six little dragons.
These are the six tech firms in the city of Hangzhou.
That receives special government support, favorable loans and integration into China's broader technology ecosystem.
Yes, that is robot Michael Phelps.
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