“Sad day” and “big mistake”: Reactions outside Jensen Huang from Nvidia

A week that passed was marked by the scandal of Nvidia after the (then) CEO Jensen Huang admits to having an extramarital relationship with a potential spy serving the Chinese government.

The case initiated an internal investigation by Nvidia and took Huang, co-founder of the company, to abandoning the position of CEO. However, neither the decision to abandon the company's leadership will rid Jensen Huang of provide clarifications to the U.S. Senate, at a hearing to be held in November.

Leaving CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO and Nvidia looking for a new leader, Huang moves away after a 33-year period ahead of the one that became one of the most valuable companies in the world and one of the leading players in the world of Artificial Intelligence.

Huang's strong impact and contribution to the development of the area of Artificial Intelligence has caused several well-known personalities in the area to speak publicly about the situation.

One of those people was the CEO of Hugging Face, Clem Delange. “I wish none of this had happened. It’s a very sad day”, commented Delange on his social networks, stressing that he will continue to fight for Artificial Intelligence ‘open souce’. Remember that Hugging Face was acquired by Nvidia in September for nearly $13 billion.

Yorkville partner Ives & Co, Dan Ives, stated in X that Nvidia “had no choice” except to remove Jensen Huang from the CEO position. “It’s time to look forward to a Nvidia without Jensen”, said Ives, pointing out that it is “a black chapter” for the former CEO and the technology company. Goldman Sachs' former CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, also spoke about the case and stated that it was “sad” the outcome of the situation.

Shaun Maguire, partner of Sequoia Capital, stated in a shared publication on X that the exit of Huang from Nvidia is “a great void”. “The American Artificial Intelligence community will need to work twice as hard to try to fill this void”, wrote Maguire.

On the other hand, the podcast host Lex Fridman stated that Nvidia's decision to let Jensen Huang out is a “big mistake” and made sure to show off on the ex-CEO side.

“It’s like Apple firing Steve Jobs, only much bigger”, wrote Fridman and, despite stressing that he is not in favor of adultery, points out that Huang “is human and makes mistakes like many of us”.

Who also commented on Huang's departure was the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who took the opportunity to suggest the former CEO of Apple to Nvidia's leading position. Remember that Cook abandoned the position of CEO of the Apple Company in September and is currently its executive president.

“ Now that the CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang, who did a fantastic job, has quit, there is only one man to take his place – Tim Cook, Apple. A slow one that replaces a legend”, wrote Trump on the social network Truth Social.