THIS WEEK IN AI: Nvidia Acquires HuggingFace, Leopold vs SEC, New Waymo Chip

THIS WEEK IN AI: Nvidia Acquires HuggingFace, Leopold vs SEC, New Waymo Chip

August 28, 2026 · 41 min · Episode 229

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The episode discusses NVIDIA's record earnings and its position in the AI chip market, along with various developments in AI and robotics.

We cover NVIDIA’s record earnings, strong GPU demand, and its position in the AI chip market, along with reported moves involving Hugging Face and open source AI. We also discuss Z.ai’s new model, Waymo’s autonomous vehicle hardware updates, SEC scrutiny of Leopold Aschenbrenner, and recent developments in robotics and Apple’s upcoming event. ------ 🔒 Check Out Our Sponsor: LEDGER AGENT STACK 🔒 https://developers.ledger.com/docs/ai-tools/overview/?utm_source=Audio&utm_medium=Podcasts&utm_campaign=Limitless ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 NVIDIA’s Record Quarter 5:05 Hugging Face Joins NVIDIA 9:26 Cloud Margins and the Chip Play 11:36 GLM 5.3 Flash Emerges 15:40 Waymo’s New Hardware Leap 19:48 Tesla’s CyberCab Challenge 23:24 Leopold Under SEC Scrutiny 25:44 Anthropic Usage Looks Flat 29:27 Agents Need Better Security 30:20 Robotics Learns From Video 34:07 Apple’s Big September Event 36:36…

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