In the final episode of 2024, CNBC's Tom Chitty and Arjun Kharpal are joined by a whole host of special guests to reflect back on the year, and to look ahead to an exciting 2025 for technology.

• First off, AI expert and partner at VC firm IVP Eric Liaw joins to discuss whether the AI boom will continue.
• Award-winning journalist and reporter for CNBC in the U.S. Mackenzie Sigalos returns, after some very accurate predictions last year, to talk all things crypto and what a Trump presidency means for the digital asset class.
• Arjun will give his take on what to expect for the US-China tech war.
• Silvia Amaro, TV anchor and reporter for CNBC in London, joins us again to discuss whether the scrutiny of big tech in Europe is set to continue.
• Friend of the pod Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insights, gives us the lowdown for consumer tech next year.
• Finally Ryan Browne, CNBC tech correspondent, gives us his three big predictions for fintech in 2025.

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