The Jensen Huang scandal is hardly over

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I was certain, until the story of Jensen Huang's second affair hit, that Huang was bulletproof. After all, why wouldn't he be? He's placed himself indispensably at the center of the AI industry and famously had no succession plan at Nvidia. In fact, he's the only CEO Nvidia has ever had. L'état c'est moi.

Then two stories were published nearly back to back on Wednesday: one alleging Huang had an affair with his subordinate Kimberly Powell, another that the board was meeting to consider his ouster. First thing Thursday morning, Nvidia announced Huang had resigned. One of the most powerful men in Silicon Valley was out.

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