Trump’s China Summit, Inflation Shock, and Silicon Valley’s Midterm Money

Pivot

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News Commentary, Tech News, News, Technology

4.2 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Kara and Scott unpack what AI obsession is doing to relationships and young men. Then, they break down Trump’s China summit, the crew of business executives he brought along, and ominous warnings from Xi Jinping about Taiwan. Plus, Sam Altman testifies in the Elon Musk–OpenAI trial, inflation surges, and Andreessen Horowitz becomes the biggest donor of the midterms. Also, Anthropic eyes a valuation higher than OpenAI’s, and Google explores orbital data centers with SpaceX. Watch this episode on the ⁠⁠Pivot YouTube channel⁠⁠.Follow us on Instagram and Threads at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcastofficial⁠⁠.Follow us on Bluesky at ⁠⁠@pivotpod.bsky.social⁠⁠Follow us on TikTok at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcast⁠⁠.Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:53.3	Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm
1:57.6	Kara Swisher. And I'm Scott Galloway. Guess who I spent several wonderful days with
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2:09.5	New York. I had to go up and interview. Joanna Stern, who's written a book called I Am Not a Robot,
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