The New Yorker Radio Hour

The Company Behind the A.I. Boom

December 26, 2025·24 min·5-min readnarrativetechnology
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NVIDIA, led by its visionary founder Jensen Huang, has become the cornerstone of the AI revolution not through software, but through hardware—specifically, its dominance in parallel computing chips that power modern AI systems. The episode reveals how a once second-tier gaming chip compan

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Stephen Witt

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Jensen HuangStephen WittDavid RemnickGeoffrey HintonFei-Fei Li

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The Thinking Machineby Stephen Witt

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NVIDIATaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation

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Artificial IntelligenceBook ReviewsFuture Of WorkGeopoliticsMachine LearningSemiconductorsTech Industry

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