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N-P-R. Alright,

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we have a riddle for you. See if you

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can guess what we're talking about today. I

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was born at a Denny's restaurant. My

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name is Latin for envy. I played

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a lot of video games in my

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younger years. Today, I'm more into poetry

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and translation. I'm

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31 years old, and I've been down

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and out so many times that my

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unofficial motto is that I'm 30 days

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from going out of business. Still

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don't have it? What if we

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said, last week for a moment,

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I was the most valuable company

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on the planet? Yeah,

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that's right. The answer is the

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computer chip designer, Nvidia. And

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Nvidia's chips are the leading choice

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for artificial intelligence developers. In

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the last couple of years, Nvidia's sales

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have shot up like a jet plane.

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Its stock price, more like a rocket.

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But there are several chip companies out

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there, like AMD and others. So why

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is Nvidia the one dominating the AI

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scene? This is the indicator

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from Planet Money. I'm Weyland Wong. And

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I'm Darian Woods. Today on the show,

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Nvidia. We learn about how this company

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went from selling niche graphics cards for

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gaming to becoming the biggest company in

1:22

the world. And we

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ask whether Nvidia has the most

1:26

to defend its very valuable castle.

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