The Vergecast 2025 year in review
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2025 was dominated by AI advancements, with major tech companies competing in model development, Nvidia's rise to the top, and widespread AI integration across industries. The Vergecast reviews these key tech trends as the year ends.
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When we look back on 2025, at least in tech, we'll remember it mostly as a year about AI. We had a race between OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others to build the best model for the most things. Nvidia became the most valuable company in the world, data centers started to spring up everywhere, and every app and device and company and human you can think of found itself thinking of an AI strategy. AI wasn't all that happened this year, but it was a lot of what happened this year.
On this episode of The Vergecast, we take a look back at the year as it comes to a close. Nilay and David are joined by Joanna Stern, senior tech columnist at The W …