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Jensen Huang
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Jensen Huang

CEO of NVIDIA; supplies the compute the whole field runs on.

b. 1963United StatesCEO & co-founder, NVIDIA
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Co-founded NVIDIA in 1993 and steered it from graphics cards into the substrate of modern AI. CUDA, launched in 2007, is arguably the single most consequential platform decision in the field.

Known for
CUDAThe GPU as the AI substrate

3 CareerEvery role we can document, most recent first

  1. 1993–now33 yrsNVIDIACEO & co-founder
  2. 1985–19938 yrsLSI LogicDirector
  3. 1984–19851 yrAMDMicroprocessor designer

0 Books & papersPublished work, oldest first

No books — their work lives in papers, code and talks. The accounts above are the place to follow it.

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