Jensen Huang has received public backing from Tim Sweeney. The Epic Games CEO urged Nvidia’s board to retain its chief executive amid reports that directors were considering his removal. His intervention follows Elon Musk’s response to a suggestion that he would hire Huang if the Nvidia co-founder leaves the company. The interventions came as reports claimed that Nvidia’s board was meeting to decide whether to remove Huang following reports of two extramarital affairs.“Save Jensen. This would be an Apple firing Steve Jobs level of idiocy from NVIDIA’s board if they did that, and a grievous harm to the United States of America. The dude truly is the visionary driver of the future of tech from the gaming GPU era to CUDA to AI supercomputers,” Sweeney wrote on X. His appeal centred on Huang’s role in guiding Nvidia from gaming graphics into artificial intelligence.
What Tim Sweeney said about Huang’s leadership
Sweeney’s post linked Huang’s importance to several stages of Nvidia’s development: gaming graphics processors, its CUDA computing platform and systems used for AI. CUDA allows developers to use graphics chips for computing tasks beyond displaying images, including training AI models.By invoking Apple’s removal of Steve Jobs, Sweeney argued that dismissing Huang would damage both Nvidia and American technology leadership. His comments were an appeal to retain the chief executive, not an announcement of the board’s decision. Sweeney’s post is reproduced here.Musk also expressed support when an X user suggested that if would he hire Huang. “That would be an honor,” Musk replied. However, the response did not include a formal job offer or identify a role for Huang.
Why Nvidia’s board is reviewing Huang’s position
The interventions came as Reuters reported that Nvidia’s board was meeting to decide whether to remove Huang following reports of two extramarital affairs. Nvidia did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment on the meeting.The discussions followed the board’s earlier expression of confidence in Huang and its announcement of an independent review. Reuters reported that Nvidia’s shares fell more than 8% in extended trading after reports emerged that the company was preparing to dismiss him. That report did not disclose a final board decision.