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Jensen Huang Biography Flash a weekly Biography.Jensen Huang, the dynamic CEO of Nvidia, has dominated headlines over the past few days with a spate of major public appearances, outspoken commentary on global AI competition, fresh business moves, and some candid moments worth sharing. On November 7, Huang was featured on ABC World News Tonight discussing the escalating AI race, bluntly warning that China is “going to win the AI race,” citing America’s cynicism and tough export controls as setbacks for the West. He cautioned that the US ban on advanced Nvidia chips is pushing China to accelerate domestic semiconductor innovation, eroding Nvidia’s Chinese market share and giving Beijing a possible long-term edge, a view he originally shared in an interview with the Financial Times.However, following a flurry of reactions to this statement, Huang publicly softened his stance hours later on Nvidia’s official X account, insisting that “China is nanoseconds behind America in AI,” stressing optimism, and that America must “race ahead and win developers worldwide.” According to The National, Huang’s attempted lobbying of President Trump’s administration to relax restrictions on selling the company’s powerful Blackwell chips to China fell flat, as the White House reaffirmed its strict policy not to sell these chips to Beijing.Meanwhile, Huang’s business itinerary has been global. Digitimes reports Huang was in Tainan this week dining with CC Wei, the chairman and CEO of TSMC, the world’s leading chip manufacturer. He’s also confirmed to be attending TSMC’s annual sports day in Hsinchu, underscoring Nvidia’s strategic alliance amid surging demand for its Blackwell chips—highlighted by Benzinga as “very strong” after US authorities banned further sales to China.On the social side, Huang’s recent joint appearance with Mark Zuckerberg made waves. As told by The Economic Times, the two bantered about their longevity and hairlines in tech, with Zuckerberg admiring Huang’s role in powering the AI revolution. Huang joked that if he’d known how long success would take, he might have dropped out of college like Zuckerberg. The two candidly compared their journeys from humble beginnings—Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room and Huang’s $200 startup—now at the helm of trillion-dollar empires.On social media, Huang’s statements on the China-US AI rivalry sparked heated discussions and rebuttals from US lawmakers, as noted in The National, with Nvidia defending its position that restrictive export policies may inadvertently stimulate Chinese semiconductor independence.No major headlines about Jensen Huang have emerged in the last 24 hours beyond these CEO-level pronouncements and moves. So far, speculation about further shifts in US-China tech policy or Nvidia’s future chip launches remains unconfirmed.Thank you for tuning in to Biography Flash. Don’t forget to subscribe for real-time updates on Jensen Huang and search for “Biography Flash” for more great biographies.And that is it for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and never miss an update on Jensen Huang. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production."Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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