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After Jensen Huang's resignation from Nvidia, it's all praise or political finger-wagging about the ex-CEO, with little in between
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Welp, that's it, the face of Nvidia is no longer the face of Nvidia. Jensen Huang served as CEO of the company since it was founded over three decades ago, and now he's out, replaced by the new interim CEO Colette Kress, who was previously Chief Financial Officer (exactly what we predicted, by the way).
This is in the wake of two affair scandals surrounding the former CEO. The first affair Huang admitted to, and it's alleged that the other party in the tango is a lady who is currently accused of being a Chinese spy. The second is a reported affair that Huang allegedly had with Nvidia's VP of healthcare, Kimberly Powell.
Many people expected Huang's resignation in the lead-up to this, so it is no big surprise that it has now been announced by Nvidia. But now that it's official, the response has largely been as expected: a combination of disappointment at his resignation and praise for his time as Nvidia CEO.
President Trump certainly expressed as much, saying Huang has done a "fantastic job." Trump also has a suggestion for who should take over: ex-Apple CEO Tim Cook: "Now that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has done a fantastic job, has resigned, there is only one man to take his place - Tim Cook of Apple. A Legend replaces a Legend! President Donald J. Trump."
Hugging Face co-founder Clement Delangue expresses the general sentiment: "This whole thing sucks, and I wish none of it had happened. It’s a really sad day!"
This whole thing sucks, and I wish none of it had happened. It’s a really sad day!
But I want to make one thing clear: we’ll keep fighting for open-source AI, harder than ever. This is too important to slow down now. Let’s go!November 12, 2026
Nvidia recently set out to buy Hugging Face, the open-source AI platform, and given the latter agreed, it makes sense for the company to assuage any fears over the news of Huang's resignation. Julien Chaumond, Hugging Face co-founder and CTO, has expressed that "the mission has not and will not change."
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has expressed his sadness, too: "A sad day for Nvidia, developers, America, and all humanity. Jensen founded and ran one of the few companies to reach a massive scale while driving massive continued innovation and ubiquity, while others fell into the trap of ever-increasing extraction."
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