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24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
3 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
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Nvidia has been battered over the past couple of days, but it could get worse.
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it → batter → days
That is, if founder and CEO Jensen Huang is forced or chooses to step down, or if investigations pin him down for doing something illegal.
asserted
investigations → force → something
In most sectors of the economy, CEOs are expected to run businesses well, but they are generally interchangeable parts — albeit expensive ones.
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they → expect → ones
Google and Apple show that founder CEOs, which are harder to replicate, can be replaced.
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which → show → ?
But even among founder CEOs, Huang stands apart for bold bets that helped him endure short-term suffering in return for long-term gain.
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that → stand → gain
Most people know Nvidia for the climbing stock in their portfolios, or the GPUs on every tech company’s Christmas list.
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people → know → list
But his creation of the CUDA platform in 2006 is perhaps the best example of how he’s been able to step ahead of the industry for decades.
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he → step → decades
Nvidia’s computing platform and programming model, the software that essentially underpins the modern AI industry, created one of the most valuable moats in business history.
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that → underpin → history
A half dozen years later, seeing the progress in neural networks, he pivoted to AI.
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he → see → AI
Huang realized AI would require massive data centers with interconnected chips, and concluded that networking would become the bottleneck.
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networking → realize → chips
He bet billions on the development of NVLink, a nervous system that allows discrete GPUs to act as one massive supercomputer, and the $6.9 billion acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, the Israeli networking company, in 2019.
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GPUs → bet → 2019
He funded neoclouds so he wouldn’t be reliant on a few customers and acquired Hugging Face to stay ahead of the game on open source.
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he → fund → source
Huang is 63, and while he has said he could run the company for decades to come, the current investigations raise questions about the future of one of the world’s most consequential companies.
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investigations → say → companies
Even if he does ride out the turmoil, will he still have the same bold personality that got him here?
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that → ride → him
Nvidia may still mint money, as demand for the company’s products shows no signs of slowing down.
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demand → mint → signs
But it’s difficult to imagine anyone stepping into the role with the strategic vision and gravitas to match Huang’s.
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anyone → ’ → Huang
The next handful of years are going to be even trickier.
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handful → go → years
Once it gains independence on semiconductors, it will be able to scale faster than the US.
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it → gain → US
There won’t be any data-center red tape and China will have abundant energy compared to the US.
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China → have → US
Because Moore’s law is dead, AI chipmakers are no longer making exponentially better chips every year.
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chipmakers → make → chips
Now, they must design entire systems with compute and cooling crammed into server racks like the world’s highest-stakes game of Tetris.
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they → design → Tetris
They involve immensely complex supply chains colored by geopolitics, big personalities, and vast sums of money.
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They → involve → money
Nvidia will be a crucial player in the effort to stay ahead of China.
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Nvidia → stay → China
Without Huang, it will be fundamentally weakened.
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it → weaken → Huang
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