And the crown jewel of this is Nvidia's AI chips, known as graphics processing units (GPUs). They drive key AI tasks such as training and inferencing -- and importantly, they are the world's most powerful and sought-after accelerators.

Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993 and has run it since, making him one of Silicon Valley’s longest-serving CEO s. He is among the most approachable—happy to entertain journalists when other tech bosses skulk behind a PR firewall—and,

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang returned to China this week in a markedly more high-profile visit than before. According to the , he is expected to meet with DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng to explore the joint development of next-generation AI chips tailored for China—designed to align with export controls imposed by both Washington and Beijing.