How Nvidia became AI’s ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’
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How Nvidia became AI’s ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 13, 202623 min

There’s a simmering concern on Wall Street about Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang’s role as leader of the AI revolution. Despite bringing in billions of dollars in profit from the GPUs powering AI, investors are worried about the company’s recent “circular” deals with other tech companies, and some are asking if the chip giant is building the future of AI or inflating the next tech bubble. To better understand Huang, the man pulling the strings of this global AI boom, Danny Fortson and Mark Sellman revisit an interview with Stephen Witt, author...

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