
No. 39: AI companies are buying both media properties and biotech startups this week
Culture Pulse: 72. OpenAI bought a podcast, Anthropic bought biotech, Columbia hired from Skims. Everyone's learning: category expertise matters less than manufacturing cultural authority. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-04-04.html
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