Trump Calls Nvidia CEO During Company All-Hands Meeting
President Donald Trump phoned Jensen Huang in the middle of Nvidia's staff-wide meeting, briefly interrupting the event.
At Nvidia's regular all-hands session in Santa Clara, CEO Jensen Huang paused his presentation to take a mobile call from President Donald Trump, whose voice was audible to the audience via the onstage mic. The brief interruption lasted under a minute before Huang resumed his remarks. Nvidia's spokesperson offered no comment on the unexpected call.
Later that day, Trump posted congratulations to Huang, highlighting Nvidia's strong quarterly results and optimistic forecast. The call came shortly after Nvidia announced a new employee-funded political action committee amid growing debate over AI regulation. The company has also been reported to be in advanced talks to acquire Hugging Face, a potential $13 billion deal that would require antitrust clearance.
Why it matters
The call shows direct presidential engagement with a leading AI chip maker amid policy debates and upcoming political contributions.
How this story developed
- Aug 26 Nvidia poised to join elite club of $100 billion quarterly earners
- Aug 27 Nvidia added a new tranche of GPU chips to its agreement with AWS for future data‑center deployments.
- Aug 27 Nvidia set a provisional 70% revenue growth target for fiscal 2028.
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