Nvidia's interim CEO inherits risky AI bets and a legal mess
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Jensen Huang delivers a keynote at Nvidia's GTC event in Berlin on Oct. 21, 2026.
A suspected intelligence scandal, reports of multiple extramarital affairs and the abrupt departure of one of Silicon Valley's most influential CEOs. It's been a dizzying week for Nvidia and the AI industry.
Jensen Huang helped bankroll the AI boom. Now, after 33 years at the helm of the leading company in AI, he's out, leaving questions about the future of an industry that has relied heavily on his company's financial backing. Longtime finance chief Colette Kress has stepped in as interim CEO.
"Nvidia has put itself basically in a position of being a bank, backstopping everything," Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist and longtime AI researcher, told Morning Edition .
He was describing circular financing: Nvidia invests in AI companies that then use the money to buy Nvidia's chips. OpenAI, Anthropic and CoreWeave have relied on that funding, he said, even as many AI businesses struggle to turn a profit.
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