Jensen Huang, co-founder of Nvidia, at an Nvidia conference in Washington, DC, on October 28, 2025.
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Jensen Huang’s resignation from Nvidia in scandal leaves the company without its visionary leader. It also leaves a major void for the AI industry, where Huang was kingmaker in inking deals to support the tech boom.

Under Huang’s leadership, Nvidia became more than a chipmaker: It guaranteed deals for data centers, invested heavily in AI startups and even backed the companies that bought its products.