. >> john tesh is holding out?e money that john tesh wants >> how much? >> probably in the millions. >> this is your fault, alex? you created this problem >> look, fans love this song so, i do not blame john tesh for asking for a lot of money. the standard it's a little window into licensing sports theme music which is an area i never spent time before writing this story the average sports tv song costs about $100,000 a year if you license it i think tesh is asking for a lot more than that and nbc sports so far has balked and said we'll not pay that. tesh held the preliminary discussion with amazon to say do you want it? there's language in the nba deal with amazon, which is going to get games next year, assuming the warner bros. discovery lawsuit pending they are trying to get out amazon needs to create their own theme music. the nba mandated that. they can't use around round bal. tesh send amazon two other songs. >> they can use that song and nbc should be able to buy the other song tesh is getting something or n

john tesh is playing "roundball rock," john tesh is holding out.nching nbc sports into a new era. and the guy has six emmys. so, it's -- you know, all i'm doing right now is, i mean, we have to put together something and i'm looking forward to working with these guys. >> well, we're thrilled to have you back in the fold. >> not only did i not say it was dated, i said i thought i heard it last week watching a basketball game. >> you did. >> that's how fast 20 years goes now, john, as you probably -- >> you thought you heard it at the supermarket. >> are you sure it's not still -- i was watching -- >> john, talking about dated or updating it, one thing you said on the podcast, which i enjoyed watching, was the idea you might actually tinker with it a little bit. is that what you were intim intimating? >> orchestra? >> guys. we went to the legendary ocean way recording in nashville and recorded several versions. on some podcast i said i was going to rerecord, people said, no, no, don't touch it and we like the og version. i had to ask my daughter what

john tesh was listening. >> mary hart, mary hart. not mary hartman, but mary hart. i couldn't believe he was a musician and composure. >> at the same time. >> we look forward to that tomorrow. >>> the ceo of perplexity will join us on the state of competition in the a.i. search and assist market. not go anywhere for that important conversation. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." news from perplexity a.i. the company launching an a.i.-powered shopping assistant. joining us to talk about this and the broader competition in a.i., the ceo of perplexity a.i. we love having you on the broadcast. congratulations on the new launch. let's talk about that pieces of it and gets get into the broader question of where things are, openai releasing its own search product. how important is the shopping piece for you? >> yeah, thank you for having me again, andrew. shopping is really essential bays it's one of these verticals are the stronger you can play that, all these a.i. products are moving beyond just giving you answers,