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Nvidia’s Investable Chips, the VA Governor, & AI Gone Rogue 8/11/26
41 minutes Posted Aug 11, 2026 at 4:33 pm.
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Nvidia is taking in $500 billion in new financing from major Wall Street firms as CEO Jensen Huang touts chips as the next “investable asset.” Former senior White House policy advisor on AI Sriram Krishnan discusses America’s tech race with China and the next opportunities in artificial intelligence, including in cyber security. CNBC’s Dan Murphy reports on the new normal in the Strait of Hormuz, a Tesla-SpaceX merger could fast-track Elon Musk’s pay package, and a Staten Island judge has ordered an emergency pause on Mayor Mamdani’s new pied-a-terre tax. Plus, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger is intervening in the sale of Dominion Energy to an out-of-state company. The moderate democrat discusses Virginia’s business ecosystem and the primaries underway in multiple states across the country.
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In this episode:
Abigail Spanberger, @GovernorVA
Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick
Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin
Melissa Lee, @MelissaLeeCNBC
Dan Murphy, @dan_murphy
Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie