AOC v Garry Tan on data centers, Trump's China trip, Arish co-founder of Amano Labs the viral hearing aid

While Maya's been working till 1AM, Priya is going on a date. Tune in to hear where and how she met him.

In this episode of Get the Check, the trio dives into three stories: the AI data center debate heating up on X, Trump and Xi's historic summit in Beijing, and a $20 hearing aid that got 11 million views on X for being affordable and innovative.

Bernie Sanders and AOC proposed the AI Data Center Moratorium Act back in March, calling for a halt on any new facility over 20 MW until Congress passes national AI safeguards. When Gary Tan clapped back on X, it blew up the entire tech timeline. Of course it all ended with everyone talking about data centers in space again, which isn't a bad idea if it actually works. The girls break down both sides, from the real utility rate spikes hitting low-income communities to the race to the pressure the US is facing to build fast.

Then the pod covers the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, the first US presidential visit to China since 2017. The two sides released very different readouts of the same meetings, and the hosts get into what that actually signals about the state of the relationship. Maya says this was a win for Trump, but Anika is wondering if anyone in America was even paying attention.

For the Get the Check segment, Anika and Maya sit down with Arish Shahab, co-founder of Amano Labs. Amano is building a custom-fit hearing aid for $19.99 that costs $1 to make, targeting the 1.5 billion people globally who need hearing support but can't a $4,700 device. In just 3 weeks of being in SF, their video went viral with 11 million views. Tune in to hear what's next for them.

This episode is sponsored by Known, which matches you with someone in SF that you're compatible with. Download the app and use code getthecheck (must be lowercase) to get your first date for free. Priya's match was apparently a great guy who correctly identified her as a red flag within the first hour, so the algorithm is working?! If you want to hear what makes Known different we recorded an episode with Celeste (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlQ2zxluGwM).

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00:00 Priya goes on a date from Known05:35 AOC and Bernie vs. Garry Tan on the data center build out30:14 Trump goes to visit Xi Jinping in China40:16 Arish co-founder of Amano Labs the viral hearing aid