📺 “TBOY on CNN” — Our 5 Big Biz Trends of 2025 & 2026

Yetis. Nick and Jack here with you from the t boy studio. A couple of weeks ago, Nick and I recorded a segment on CNN. Yeah. Cable news network. We went old school for this one. Lights, camera, action. We did a hit for their Christmas Eve special, and we loved it so much, we asked if we could publish it right here on the pod. And then Jack and I were in front of our Christmas trees watching this thing live on CNN, and, hopefully, you did too. We were on TV. And if you wanna see it, you can check out our YouTube, or you can just listen right here. Because in this mini episode we're publishing for you, we got to chat with CNN about the business highlights of 2025 and what to expect in 2026. We had a lot of fun on camera, so we wanted to share it with the besties and yetis right here. Alright, Jack. Hair and makeup ready to go. Push and play. T boy hits CNN. 2025 was a big year for business from soaring stocks to a surge in investment into AI by tech companies to the struggles of Americans with persistent inflation. You know, what happens on Wall Street matters more than ever to Main Street. So what does 2026 have in store? Jack Krivitsa Kramer and Nick Martell are the hosts of the best one yet business podcast, and they join us now. So, fellas, thanks so much for being with us. Let's talk trends for next year. You all have said that you see some trends that could develop into the new year, including self driving cars. Waymo is planning an expansion to more cities next year. How do you see that, playing out, Jack? Merry Christmas Eve, Boris and Brian. Great to be here. 2025 was the year that self driving finally arrived at its destination. Right, Nick? Okay. Yeah. Here in San Francisco, you got Waymo, five cities that's expanded to 20 more planned for next year. You got Tesla robo taxis catching up. I took one to work today to get to the studio. You got Amazon, Zukes already in Las Vegas and San Francisco. Robo taxis are expanding next year at a pace that was not expected. But here's what Jack and I think is even less expected, and it's gonna be a public attention win for the robotaxi industry. What do we got, Jack? Our 2026 kind of eccentric prediction is the first self driving hotel. We're talking red eye robotaxi rides. Wow. So you go to sleep in your self driving car in one city and you wake up in another. Because to convince a skeptical public that self driving cars are actually safe, you need a public spectacle, and a red eye robotaxi ride is just that. I kinda like that. It's a good idea. I've had to do something similar in, you know, moving between stories at times. Yeah. …