Jensen Huang: I Didn't Use X Because I'm Introverted; Now I Must Speak Out for AI

In a Y Combinator interview, Jensen Huang admitted he was the last person on Earth to post on X, due to his introverted nature, but he overcame his shyness to share an open letter co-signed by companies like NVIDIA, Google, and OpenAI, advocating for open AI ecosystems. Huang recounted NVIDIA's early days, revealing that the company's initial technology direction was wrong, and they saved themselves by buying three textbooks on OpenGL and rendering pipeline design. He emphasized that the key to acceleration is the algorithm, not just the chip, and that the discovery of AlexNet as a universal function approximator was a pivotal moment. Looking to the future, Huang stressed the importance of system thinking and controllability in AI agents, which he believes can be only 80% accurate and still be valuable. He also predicted that physical AI, including robotics and autonomous vehicles, will become NVIDIA's next billion-dollar business, already approaching $10 billion. Huang dismissed fears that AI will destroy jobs, citing examples where automation led to job growth in software, radiology, and legal assistant roles. He encouraged everyone to learn and persist, stating that learning is a superpower and resilience is the most important quality for entrepreneurs.