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Huang Renxun not only controls the supply of Huida chips, but also has a deep influence on the AI industry with his strong voice, flat management and capital investment. Although the market is optimistic about his renewal, it is still betting about 15% on him leaving before the end of this year.
Why is AI competition inevitable?Jen-Hsun Huang ? Huida (NVIDIA ) This leader is “no ordinary CEO” in the eyes of analysts, and his influence extends from chip supply to the entire AI industry. Based on reports from Reuters and AFP and information from prediction market platform Kalshi, here are six key points.
Be it training models or running services like ChatGPT, AI industry players need GPUs. Huang’s influence on chip supply affects how fast companies investing tens of billions of dollars can expand.
Oracle co-founder Ellison once described how when he and Musk had dinner, he was pleading with Huang Jen-hsun for GPUs: “Please accept our money… We need you to accept more money.”
Huang Renxun ate fried chicken and drank beer with the CEOs of Samsung and Hyundai in Seoul last year, sending the share prices of both South Korean food companies soaring. He said that Marvell Technology would become the next “trillion dollar company” and drove its stock price to a new high.
He often refutes concerns about an AI bubble and challenges warnings that AI could threaten human survival, arguing that AI will transform fields such as computing, manufacturing, medical care, and robotics. If he is disappointed, the industry could lose one of its most vocal supporters.
Huang Renxun has adopted flat management, with more than 60 supervisors reporting directly to him, almost all of whom are responsible for engineering business, covering areas such as memory, networks and processors.
Stacey Rasgon, an analyst at Bernstein, said: “Huida is not an ordinary company, and Huang is not an ordinary CEO; he is Huida, who clearly formulates the company’s long-term strategy and direction and personally controls most of the company’s operations.”
In recent years, Huida has invested increasing amounts of cash in AI cloud service providers, suppliers, and large-scale AI laboratories, and its influence extends from chip supplies to industrial funds.
Reuters quoted analysts as saying that the AI industry’s reliance on Huang Renxun also makes him a potential risk to the industry. Huida’s board of directors is investigating whether it was a target of foreign intelligence agencies. The board said there is currently no reason to believe that national security or HUIDA confidentiality has been compromised.
Huang Renxun has led the company since co-founding Huida in 1993, and Huida has not disclosed a succession plan.
