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Tae Kim Sounds Off, Big Companies Are Hiring Again, NVIDIA $50B Tenant | Tae Kim, Ben Zweig, Aakash Thumaty

TBPN · 2026-07-28 · 1h 50m

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(01:17) - Big Companies Are Hiring Again (09:58) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (20:19) - NVIDIA $50B Tenant (23:33) - The Three Anthropic Proposals (35:00) - Tae Kim discusses negative sentiment around AI and semiconductor stocks, arguing that sensationalized headlines obscure strong underlying demand for compute, memory, and data-center infrastructure. He remains bullish on Nvidia and the broader AI trade, predicting that agentic AI, recursive self-improvement, and growing enterprise adoption will drive substantial investment and revenue growth. (01:06:32) - Kansas Town Splits Over Nuclear Reactor (01:10:58) - Ben Zweig, a labor economist and founder of workforce data company Revelio Labs, discusses how AI is reshaping hiring, employment, and workplace tasks. He explains that AI adoption generally correlates with company growth, while creative freelancing and task-based work face greater disruption, and AI-generated job applications are making it harder for employers to identify qualified candidates. (01:29:22) - Aakash Thumaty, founder and CEO of Takeoff, discusses the company’s rapid growth from near-zero to almost eight figures in revenue and its acquisition by Sierra.

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