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Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang

President and CEO of NVIDIA

Appears in 8 stories

Born: February 17, 1963 (age 62 years)
Net worth: 161.7 billion USD (2026)
Education: Stanford University (1992), Oregon State University (1984), Aloha High School, and more
Spouse: Lori Huang
Nationality: American and Taiwanese

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OpenAI assembles record private funding round

Money Moves

Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Nvidia - Finalized $30 billion equity investment in OpenAI; committed to providing 5GW of Vera Rubin capacity

In October 2024, OpenAI raised $6.6 billion at a $157 billion valuation. Seventeen months later, on February 27, 2026, the maker of ChatGPT closed a record $110 billion funding round at a $730 billion pre-money valuation ($840 billion post-money)—the largest private capital raise in history. Amazon led with a $50 billion commitment ($15 billion upfront, $35 billion contingent on OpenAI achieving AGI or completing an IPO by year-end), while Nvidia and SoftBank each committed $30 billion. The round remains open for additional investors. The deal includes expanded infrastructure partnerships: Amazon will provide $100 billion in additional AWS compute services over eight years (on top of the existing $38 billion commitment), while Nvidia will supply 3 gigawatts of dedicated inference capacity and 2 gigawatts of training capacity using its Vera Rubin systems.

Updated Yesterday

The race to build AI's physical foundation

Built World

CEO, Nvidia - Leading the AI chip revolution powering datacenter expansion

ChatGPT's November 2022 launch triggered the fastest infrastructure buildout in tech history. Datacenter construction spending tripled from $15 billion to $45 billion annually in just two years. Hyperscalers are now on track to spend over $1 trillion in 2026—exceeding the GDP of all but 10 countries—racing to secure power, land, and cooling systems before their rivals. Alphabet shocked markets on February 4, 2026 with guidance of $175-185 billion in 2026 capex, 55-65% above Wall Street estimates of $119.5 billion. Amazon escalated the spending war on February 5 with $200 billion 2026 capex guidance after Q4 revenue of $213.4 billion and AWS growth of 24% to $35.6 billion. Microsoft reported $37.5 billion in capex for Q2 FY2026 (just one quarter), while Meta committed $6 billion to Corning for fiber-optic cables in late January, secured 6.6 gigawatts of nuclear power through three partnerships announced in early January 2026, confirmed a multi-billion Nvidia chip deal, and on February 24 announced a $60-100 billion, 6-gigawatt AMD GPU deal—diversifying away from Nvidia dominance.

Updated 4 days ago

TSMC's $56 billion bet on AI supremacy

Money Moves

CEO, Nvidia - TSMC's largest customer for AI chips

TSMC manufactures over 90% of the world's most advanced chips. On January 15, 2026, the company announced it would spend up to $56 billion this year—a 37% increase from 2025—to expand capacity for AI processors. Net profit jumped 35% to a record $16 billion, and the company projected 30% revenue growth for 2026. The same day, the U.S. and Taiwan finalized a $250 billion trade agreement committing Taiwanese companies to expand semiconductor manufacturing in America.

Updated Feb 4

Intel's 18A gambit: the chip that could save a semiconductor giant

New Capabilities

CEO, Nvidia - Leading company with 90%+ share of AI chip market

Intel just shipped its first client processors built on 18A, the most advanced semiconductor process ever made in America. The Core Ultra Series 3 chips, unveiled January 5 at CES 2026, went on sale globally January 27 with over 200 PC designs promising 60% faster performance and 27-hour battery life. Early reviews praised the Arc B390 integrated graphics reaching 160-220fps in AAA games—performance rivaling discrete Nvidia GPUs in thin laptops. Dell revived its XPS laptop line with Panther Lake chips, HP committed to OMEN gaming laptops, and Asus called its new Zephyrus G14 'the future of gaming laptops.' Intel's stock initially surged 15% in early January on Panther Lake optimism, then spiked another 10% on January 9 when President Trump praised CEO Lip-Bu Tan at the White House, revealing the U.S. government's August 2025 investment had doubled in value to nearly $19 billion—making the federal government Intel's largest shareholder. But the euphoria collapsed January 23 when Intel reported Q4 2025 earnings: despite beating revenue estimates at $13.7 billion, Tan warned of supply shortages and below-target yields. The stock crashed 17% in its worst day since August 2024, erasing the January gains.

Updated Jan 30

Davos 2026: record leaders gather as US-Europe rift deepens

Rule Changes

Founder and CEO, NVIDIA - Making Davos debut amid AI governance debates

For 55 years, the World Economic Forum at Davos served as neutral ground where adversaries could broker deals and rivals could find common cause. This year, 65 heads of state and nearly 3,000 leaders are arriving to find that ground shifting beneath them—with President Trump announcing 10% tariffs on eight European allies just 48 hours before the summit opened, escalating to 25% by June unless Denmark agrees to sell Greenland. By January 20, the crisis had intensified as France pushed the EU to activate its never-before-used 'Anti-Coercion Instrument'—a trade bazooka that could shut American companies out of Europe's 500-million-consumer market.

Updated Jan 20

America's AI arms race

New Capabilities

CEO, NVIDIA - Building DOE AI supercomputers

The White House mobilized America's 17 national laboratories and tech's biggest players—OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA—for what officials call the AI equivalent of the Manhattan Project. The Genesis Mission aims to double US research productivity in a decade by connecting supercomputers, quantum systems, and AI into one discovery platform. Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced 24 corporate partners at a January 11 summit, each signing up to cement American technological dominance. Days later, OpenAI and SoftBank committed $1 billion to a 1.2-gigawatt Texas data center, while NVIDIA's Jensen Huang unveiled hardware promising AI tokens at one-tenth the cost.

Updated Jan 13

Nvidia's $20 billion Groq deal: the AI inference land grab

New Capabilities

Nvidia CEO - Leading AI infrastructure consolidation strategy

On Christmas Eve 2025, Nvidia paid $20 billion for Groq's assets—nearly triple the AI chip startup's $6.9 billion valuation from three months earlier. The deal brings Groq's founder Jonathan Ross, who created Google's original Tensor Processing Unit, and his breakthrough inference technology into Nvidia's fold. It's Nvidia's largest acquisition ever, nearly three times bigger than its $7 billion Mellanox purchase. By structuring the deal as a "non-exclusive licensing agreement" rather than an outright acquisition, Nvidia bypasses Hart-Scott-Rodino Act merger review requirements that trigger automatic FTC scrutiny—following Microsoft's 2024 playbook with Inflection AI. The deal's unusual structure has drawn immediate analyst warnings about "the fiction of competition" as Groq's leadership and technical talent move to Nvidia while the company nominally continues independently. Adding to the intrigue: 1789 Capital, where Donald Trump Jr. serves as partner, was among Groq's September investors who saw their stake nearly triple in just three months.

Updated Dec 27, 2025

Trump reopens China to Nvidia’s H200—now Congress wants the national-security math

Rule Changes

CEO, Nvidia - Lobbying beneficiary of the H200 opening; managing supply constraints and political risk

The Trump administration just did the thing Washington has spent years swearing it wouldn’t do: let China buy a near-top-tier Nvidia AI chip again. Now a key China hawk in Congress is demanding the Commerce Department explain, in detail, why this isn’t a strategic own-goal.

Updated Dec 13, 2025