Musk Says Huang Would Be Welcome at SpaceX as Nvidia CEO Faces Fallout
Elon Musk has stated that it would be a privilege to bring in Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, while uncertainty grows over what lies ahead for the company’s CEO. Huang is facing scrutiny from his board and the FBI after admitting to an affair with a woman accused of links to Chinese intelligence.
Reports say Nvidia’s board is weighing whether to remove Huang from his post. The company’s shares have dropped amid the controversy, and According to The New York Times, Huang was also involved in a separate affair with a top executive at the firm.
The possibility of Huang, 63, losing the role he helped build after co-founding Nvidia in 1993 has sent waves through the tech world. Nvidia makes high-end chips used in gaming, cloud computing, and now heavily in AI. Driven by huge demand for data center memory, the company has risen to become the world’s second most valuable firm, with a value above $4 trillion.
Nvidia’s board may still choose to keep Huang. Many tech leaders have urged that outcome. Tim Sweeney, who heads Epic Games, has strongly backed Huang, saying such a move would be like Apple removing Steve Jobs and would badly harm the United States.
He added that Huang is the key force shaping the future of technology, from gaming GPUs to CUDA and AI supercomputers.
Sweeney has also shown strong support for AI and recently pushed his company into a major shift aimed at maximum AI acceleration.
But the board could also decide to replace Huang with a temporary leader. Another possibility is that Huang steps down, becoming available to rival the company he founded. If that happens, Musk may step in. The Tesla chief posted on X that it would be a privilege to work with Huang at SpaceX.
Even with support from major figures in tech, Huang is also facing pressure to resign from several U.S. lawmakers. There are also reports of tighter limits on Nvidia exports to China. Beijing has warned Washington not to use the spying claims as a reason to further curb tech sales to China.
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