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☆ Mark Zuckerberg says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is basically the Taylor Swift of tech
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewMark Zuckerberg really, really likes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Advertisement"He's like Taylor Swift, but for tech," Zuckerberg wrote in an Instagram comment reply on Tuesday. The relentless race toward AI domination by companies like Meta has also placed Huang's Nvidia in an enviable position. Representatives for Nvidia declined to comment on Zuckerberg's remarks on Huang when approached by BI.

Persons: —, Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Zuckerberg, Huang, Taylor Swift, Huang's, Swift, Huang isn't, Zuckerberg's, Meta Organizations: Service, Business, Nvidia's GPU Technology, Nvidia, Meta, BI

☆ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says artificial general intelligence will be achieved in five years
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said AGI will be reached in five years during the 2023 NYT DealBook Summit. Huang defined AGI as tech that exhibits basic intelligence "fairly competitive" to a normal human. Still, he admitted that AI technology is not quite there yet despite its rapid progress. AdvertisementJensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia — one of the companies that is fueling the AI revolution — predicts that we may be able to see artificial general intelligence, or AGI, within the next five years. "Software can't be written without AI, chips can't be designed without AI, nothing's possible," he concluded on the point of AI's potential.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, —, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ross Sorkin, Sorkin, Ilya Sutskever, Ian Hogarth, John Carmack, Demis Hassabis, Nvidia didn't Organizations: Nvidia, Service, New York Times DealBook, AIs, OpenAI

☆ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, known for his leather jacket, has his wife and daughter to thank for his signature style
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang credited his style to his wife and daughter in a recent interview. The interest in his signature style comes as the chip maker attempts to cash in on the AI hype. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementJensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, is rarely seen in public without his shiny black leather jacket — but he doesn't take credit for his signature style. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe CEO of the chip giant is married to Lori Huang, who he met when he was 16 in an electrical engineering class.

Persons: Jensen Huang, —, Ryan Patel, Patel, Huang, Lori Huang, Huang isn't, Nvidia didn't Organizations: Nvidia, Service, Wilson Jackets, Bloomberg, Google, Microsoft

☆ Nvidia CEO's signature leather jackets are so popular that websites are selling lookalikes using his name and photo
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Black leather jackets are a well-known staple in Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's wardrobe. Online sellers are using his name and image in listings for lookalike leather jackets. AdvertisementAdvertisementNvidia CEO Jensen Huang is known for his signature black leather jackets — he's rarely seen in public without one. A Wilson Jackets product page titled "Jensen Huang Nvidia CEO Leather Jacket" offers faux and real leather lookalikes. AdvertisementAdvertisementA screenshot of a black leather jacket from Theory.

Persons: Jensen, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Huang, —, Jensen Huang, hoover, Huang isn't, Issey Miyake, Walter Isaacson's, Jobs, Zuckerberg, isn't, Joseph Rosenfeld, Tom Ford, Rosenfeld Organizations: Nvidia, Service, Google, Bloomberg, Wilson Jackets, Apple, Walmart, Meta's Connect, New York Times, Times Locations: Taiwan

☆ Apple, Google, Nvidia and other tech giants are considering buying Arm shares
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Chip design firm Arm said in a Tuesday filing that Apple , Google parent Alphabet , Nvidia and other technology companies are interested in buying up to $735 million in its shares as it seeks to go public on Nasdaq. Chip foundry operators Intel , Samsung and TSMC are interested in investing alongside the three trillion-dollar technology companies, along with AMD and MediaTek, which make chip designs based on Arm architectures. In 2020, Nvidia announced plans to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion, but regulators in the U.S. and the U.K. pushed back. The fact that Nvidia wasn't able to buy Arm didn't stop Nvidia's co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang from talking up Arm during the chip-design company's IPO roadshow. WATCH: Portfolio manager discusses the investment risks around Arm's IPO

Persons: Chip, SoftBank, Nvidia's, Jensen Huang, Huang, Huang isn't, Rick Tsai Organizations: Apple, Google, Nvidia, Nasdaq, Intel, Samsung, AMD, Design Systems Locations: London, New York, SoftBank, U.S

☆ Meet Colin Huang — the billionaire founder of shopping giant Temu's parent company Pinduoduo — who quit Google to become a serial entrepreneur
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Grace Dean | Lu-Hai Liang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Colin Huang, the founder of ecommerce giant Pinduoduo, is currently China's fourth-richest person. Huang, who is worth $34 billion, owns 28% of Pinduoduo, the parent company of Temu. Huang was part of the team that launched Google China. Pinduoduo takes a small commission and charges sellers to promote their products on its app, but doesn't hold any stock. Just a year ago, Pinduoduo launched its cut-price shopping app Temu in the US.

Persons: Colin Huang, Huang, Colin Huang isn't, He's, Pinduoduo Organizations: Google, Morning, Sony, Bloomberg Locations: Google China, China, New York

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