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NVIDIA: Jensen Huang. From near collapse to becoming the world's biggest company

How I Built This with Guy Raz

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Topics: AI | Hardware | Leadership | Product | Startups | Technology

Jensen Huang explains how NVIDIA survived near-collapse by betting on GPUs, CUDA, and then AI to become the world's most valuable company.

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CUDA was carried by GeForce for years, even when demand was weak, to build a future developer ecosystem.

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When the NV1 failed, Huang cut staff, renegotiated Sega’s contract, and used an emulator to save the company.

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He argues AI expands jobs and productivity, and says fear-driven narratives can slow innovation.

"I spend all of my time, all of my life trying to forget yesterday." - Jensen Huang