Episode 57 of the Thought Media Podcast examines a major geopolitical development: the United States has eased export restrictions on NVIDIA’s high-performance H200 AI chips, allowing limited, tightly regulated sales to China. This policy shift reverses more than a year of…
#56 — Amazon’s Trainium3 Chip Takes Aim at Nvidia & Google
Episode 56 of the Thought Media Podcast dives into Amazon’s major announcement at re:Invent 2025: the release of Trainium3, the newest AI accelerator designed to challenge Nvidia’s dominance and Google’s custom TPU hardware. Ava and Max explore what this leap in…
#55 — YouTube’s Top Podcasts of 2025: Year in Review
Episode 55 of the Thought Media Podcast breaks down YouTube’s official list of the Top Podcasts of 2025, marking a major shift in how the platform positions long-form content. For the first time ever, YouTube expanded its annual Recap beyond music…
#54 — The Fastest Growing Brands of 2025: Year in Review
Episode 54 of the Thought Media Podcast takes a deep dive into the Fastest Growing Brands of 2025, revealing how shifting consumer habits, economic pressures, and technology adoption have reshaped the brand landscape. Ava and Max walk listeners through the top…
#53 — China’s First Commercial Atomic Quantum Computer
Episode 53 of the Thought Media Podcast explores one of the most consequential technological milestones of the decade: China’s launch of Hanyuan No. 1, the world’s first commercially available atomic quantum computer. This breakthrough signals a transition from experimental research systems…
#52 — Elon Musk xAI Builds 500MW Data Center in Saudi Arabia
Episode 52 of the Thought Media Podcast analyzes Elon Musk’s announcement that xAI will construct a 500-megawatt data center in Saudi Arabia, making it the largest xAI facility outside the United States. Revealed at the U.S.–Saudi Investment Forum, this move represents…
#51 — Finland’s Long-Range Wireless Electricity Breakthrough
Finland has just introduced one of the most transformative breakthroughs in modern energy innovation: long-range wireless electricity transmission. Episode 51 of the Thought Media Podcast explores this revolutionary achievement and breaks down how it could reshape global infrastructure, mobility, and the…
#50 — Nvidia, Microsoft & Anthropic: $45B AI Mega-Alliance
Episode 50 of the Thought Media Podcast covers one of the most consequential moments in the AI industry to date: the newly announced $45 billion mega-partnership between Nvidia, Microsoft, and Anthropic. Hosts Ava and Max break down the scale, strategy, and…
#49 — Google Antigravity: The AI Coding Tool for Agentic Dev
Episode 49 of the Thought Media Podcast explores Google Antigravity, a free (for now) AI-powered coding tool and environment built to accelerate software development through agentic workflows. Hosts Ava and Max unpack why this tool is already being described as a…
#48 — Google’s $40B Texas Expansion & US Data Infrastructure
Episode 48 of the Thought Media Podcast explores Google’s staggering $40 billion investment in Texas, a move that marks one of the largest U.S. tech infrastructure expansions in recent years. Hosts Ava and Max break down what this means for AI,…