The Great A.I. Build-Out + H-1B Visa Chaos + TikTok Braces for the Rapture
September 26, 2025 · 53 min
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This week, an eye-popping $100 billion deal between OpenAI and Nvidia — along with an announcement about the construction of five new American data centers — has us re-examining our predictions of an A.I. bubble. Then, we try to make sense of the Trump administration’s changes to the H-1B visa program, which generated mixed reactions from tech leaders; the immigration expert Jeremy Neufeld joins us to explain why the new $100,000 visa fee is likely to hurt start-ups, universities and the broader U.S. economy. And finally, we take a look at one of the latest trends sweeping TikTok: planning for a biblical Rapture.
Guests:
• Jeremy Neufeld, director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress
Additional Reading:
• Nvidia to Invest $100 Billion in OpenAI • OpenAI to Join Tech Giants in Building 5 New Data Centers in U.S. • $100,000 Per Employee: How the H-1B Visa Fee Could Reshape Work Forces • A $100,000 Per Worker Visa Fee Tips the Balance to Big Tech • The Rapture Was Predicted to Happen Today. TikTok Has Some Advice.
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