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Today, Explained

Trump's new billionaire bestie

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Nvidia is the most valuable company in the world. Major parts of the economy hinge on its success. CEO Jensen Huang and President Trump have become inseparable. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Danielle Hewitt, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Noel King. President Trump speaking alongside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The biggest company in the world has been making the same product since 1993.

0:07.0

GPUs, graphics, processing units, or chips.

0:12.0

It was niche at first.

0:13.0

If you were a really serious gamer back in like 1998,

0:17.0

you'd be buying one of N's graphics cards. Invita.

0:21.7

Putting that into your high-powered gaming computer.

0:25.7

In 2025, Nvidia is still making chips, but now those chips are more advanced, and they're

0:30.6

being sold to people who are training AI models, your clods and your chat GPTs.

0:36.5

AI has become such a big part of the American economy

0:38.8

that the entire stock market can swing on whether NVIDIA releases a good earnings report

0:44.3

or a bad one. Meanwhile, President Trump has developed a work bromance with NVIDIA's co-founder

0:49.9

and CEO Jensen Wong. This is a smart cookie. Coming up on today, explain what does Jensen Wong really want.

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