Jensen Huang’s biggest mistake was getting too involved in DC
Reed’s view Jensen Huang made a lot of mistakes, but the one that really brought him down was getting too involved in DC.
Key points
- Jensen Huang gives a keynote address at the Berlin GPU Technology Conference on October 21st in Berlin.
- Huang has talked up the idea of using AI to fight climate change while his company's supply chain emissions ballooned.
- For a while, it seemed like Huang was one of the few technologists to find success in DC.
We have what I think is the best lineup of speakers ever assembled at a media industry convening and I hope Jensen Huang, who was supposed to speak, will reconsider.
| Photo: Getty Images Under cofounder Jensen Huang, Nvidia has become the engine for the AI boom - and one of the tech industry's biggest environmental liabilities.
Additional details
- That’s a really bad way to operate in Washington, where things move on two-year election cycles and commitment to any one idea, faction, or ideology is a liability if and when the political winds change.
- The Nvidia scandal and the post-midterm tech industry peril are exactly the reason we came up with the idea for our convening, Silicon Valley & The World, which takes place next week in the heart of the industry.
- Its sought-after chips have triggered a new wave of water- and chemical-intensive factories, drained power grids from inside massive data centers, and set the stage for a looming e-waste problem.
- Notable Palantir CEO Alex Karp, another CEO that developed close ties to Trump and Washington, told Politico Playbook that he is a “ progressive ” and a lifelong Democrat.
- Under Huang's leadership, Nvidia clashed with environmental groups seeking to hold the company accountable for its so-called " hidden " emissions.
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