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OpenAP's David Levy: The CEO Who Made TV's Biggest Rivals Become Best Friends 🫂

ATM had the most unexpectedly, and honest conversation with David Levy, and we're still processing what he revealed. The OpenAP CEO didn't just tell us how he convinced all the big media companies to start, "crushing it" together —he also told us about getting fired, corporate spyware👀, a year-long lawsuit, and the funding call that changed everything.

But here's what caught us off guard: David's secret obsession that has nothing to do with media, but explains exactly why he's so good at making impossible partnerships work. Plus his controversial take on where our culture is heading that's going to make you perk up.

David Levy: The Quest to Keep Real Storytelling Alive

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🚀 The Entrepreneurial Escape Story: David and Joe Marchese turned their after-hours side hustle into Social Vibe, navigated early challenges, and sold to Fox.

📺 The Innovation Scale Reality Check: David learned that great ad products fail without scale—their 6-second sports ads succeeded because Google had seeded the market.

🤝 The Competition-to-Collaboration Genius: David convinced NBC, Turner, Fox, and Paramount to work together on OpenAP, turning industry rivals into innovation partners.

🎬 The Long-Form Content Crusader: David's passionate about saving long-form storytelling from the short-form content apocalypse that's dominating culture.

✈️ The Obsessive Trip Planner: Plot twist—this media executive's secret obsession is creating detailed travel itineraries for friends.

📰News You Should Know

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The group will be called “Meta Superintelligence Labs.”
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