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Nvidia announced this morning that Jensen Huang has resigned<\/a> as CEO following reports of two affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy and one with a direct report. The situation surrounding Huang has unfolded quickly, with The New York Times<\/em> only reporting on Friday that Huang and the suspected spy were \u201cclose\u201d before other dominoes started to fall, leading to a swift fall from grace for one of the biggest names in technology. (Hours after Huang\u2019s resignation was announced, Reuters<\/em> reported that<\/a> he also had an \u201cintimate relationship\u201d with another Nvidia employee.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prominent voices in technology have come out in support of Huang, with some calling the resignation a \u201cwaste\u201d and a sad day for \u201call humanity.\u201d The narrative among those leaders on X, at least, is that Huang\u2019s resignation was rushed \u2014 perhaps an overreaction to salacious news stories about his personal life. Some others have had a more neutral reaction, commenting more on Huang\u2019s achievements at the company\u2019s helm. You can see a collection of those responses below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cNOW THAT Nvidia CEO JENSEN HUANG, who has done a fantastic job, has resigned, there is only one man to take his place – TIM COOK of Apple. A Legend replaces a Legend!\u201d, Trump said on Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Elon Musk said in a reply to an X user that it would \u201cbe an honor\u201d<\/a> to hire Huang. He also replied to a post that said<\/a> \u201cYou\u2019d think we\u2019d have learned from Steve Jobs and Travis Kalanick that one does not just simply replace the founder\u2026\u201d by saying \u201cTrue words.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tim Sweeney, Epic Games CEO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Sweeney said that today is<\/a> \u201cA sad day for NVIDIA, developers, America, and all humanity. Jensen founded and ran one of the few companies to reach a massive scale while driving massive continued innovation and ubiquity, while others fell into the trap of ever-increasing extraction.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ahead of Huang\u2019s resignation, Sweeney posted about how Huang \u201csaved\u201d a GDC 2015 presentation by dropping off a graphics card<\/a> and said that<\/a> \u201cThe dude truly is the visionary driver of the future of tech from the gaming GPU era to CUDA to AI supercomputers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Palmer Luckey, Anduril founder<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cChina wants Jensen out, so I want him in,\u201d Luckey said<\/a> last night, before Huang\u2019s resignation was announced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Matt Mullenweg, Automattic co-founder and CEO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Mullenweg reposted an X post that followed his brief September ouster as CEO<\/a>: \u201cFounder advice: If you don\u2019t have a coup attempt every few years, you\u2019re not hiring strong enough leaders.\u201d He said<\/a>, \u201cJust putting this back out there, for no reason whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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David Heinemeier Hansson, 37signals CTO and creator of the Omarchy Linux distribution<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhat a waste,\u201d Hansson said this morning<\/a>, replying to his own post from hours before<\/a>: \u201cNVIDIA would be wrong to fire Jensen. His marital indiscretions are between him, his wife, and a reprimand from the board. Have some proportionality.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cl\u00e9ment Delangue, co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face (which Nvidia recently acquired for almost $13 billion)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThis whole thing sucks, and I wish none of it had happened,\u201d Delangue said<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a really sad day! But I want to make one thing clear: we\u2019ll keep fighting for open-source AI, harder than ever. This is too important to slow down now. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Changpeng Zhao, former Binance CEO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s a mistake for Nvidia to let Jensen resign,\u201d Zhao said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Peter Steinberger, OpenClaw creator and OpenAI employee<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIf that Spy\u2019s goal was to destabilize one of the most successful American companies, they achieved their goal,\u201d Steinberger said<\/a>. \u201cOusting Jensen feels rushed and not right.\u201d (\u201cI agree,\u201d replied Sweeney<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity co-founder and CEO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Srinivas thanked Huang for \u201c33 years of bold leadership\u201d in a post this morning<\/a>. \u201cYou built a small startup into America\u2019s most valuable company, with relentless improvement. Your grit and perseverance should always be remembered. Your personal generosity with time and advice to founders like me has secured a bright future for America and AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jason Calacanis, All-In Podcast host<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Calacanis reposted Trump\u2019s post<\/a>, tagging Tim Cook and telling him to \u201cKeep the seat warm\u201d for Huang while \u201cthe investigation is sorted out\u201d and saying that \u201cAmerica needs you Mr. Cook.\u201d Last night, he also said that<\/a> Nvidia shareholders should \u201cdecide Jensen\u2019s fate after the investigation is complete \u2014 not the press or online mobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lex Fridman, Lex Fridman Podcast host<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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In a post talking about how he has seen Huang show \u201ckindness, humility, care to everyone around him,\u201d Fridman said that<\/a> \u201cI\u2019m in shock frankly at all of this, including the mass hysteria around it. I love America, and I think NVIDIA letting Jensen go is terrible for America. I stand with Jensen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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