Trump Dips into NVIDIA’s Chips
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Jensen Huang, cofounder of NVIDIA, finds himself president of a $4 trillion company, at the forefront of A.I. technology, and, consequently, something of an international diplomat, as he charms President Trump and negotiates to sell his powerful chips to China.
Guest: Amrith Ramkumar, reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Washington covering tech and crypto policy.
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| 1:13.9 | If you don't spend a lot of time thinking about tech CEOs, |
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