Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joins the rush to kiss Trump's ring: 'I'd be delighted to go see him and congratulate him'

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has added his name to the list of tech chiefs eager to pledge fealty to incoming US president Donald Trump, saying in an interview withBloomberg Televisionthat he’d be “delighted” to go to Mar-a-Lago to congratulate Trump on his election victory—he just hasn’t been invited yet.

“I’d be delighted to go see him and congratulate him, and do everything we can to help this administration succeed,” Huang said. He also had some flattering words for Elon Musk, who played a pivotal role in Trump’s victory and will continue to do so in his administration, saying the owner of X, Tesla, and SpaceX is “very optimistic” about the future of AI and is “working on some of the most important AI areas.”

Huang is the latest big-tech CEO to mark his obeisance to the incoming regime, following Apple CEO Tim Cook, OpenAI chief Sam Altman, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and most recently, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, who announced yesterday that Facebook and Instagram will beeliminating fact-checkersand adopting an X-inspired “Community Notes” system in its place. Microsoft and Google have also announcedmajor donationsto the inauguration fund.

It’s not unusual for the heads of major companies to occasionally remind politicians who butters their bread in order to keep the gears turning smoothly. What makes this rush to kiss the ring remarkable is its speed and totality: Meta, Amazon, Cook, and Altman have all made million-dollar donations to Trump’s inauguration fund.

It also stands in sharp contrast to the tech industry’s relationship with Trump just four years ago, which came to a head when he attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Twitter, now known as X,permanently suspended Trump’s accountafter the January 6 insurrection “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” while Facebook imposed an “indefinite” ban for the same reason. Facebook changed that to atwo-year bana few months later, while Elon Muskrestored Trump’s Twitter accountin 2022, not long after taking ownership of the company. Streaming platform Twitch alsobanned Trumpin January 2021; that ban waslifted in July 2024under the rationale that “there is value in hearing from Presidential nominees directly.”

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Nvidia faces some unique challenges on that front: Its chips are at the forefront of the effort tomake AI happen, and that has it caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place, as the governments of the US and Chinawrestle for a technological edge. But Huang’s lack of an invite to Mar-a-Lago may come down to something far simpler than geopolitical machinations: Unlike Meta, Amazon, and the rest, Nvidia hasn’t yet announced any intention to contribute to Trump’s inauguration fund.

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