Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
Photo: The White House, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- 2d ago
CoreWeave slump sparks AI debt fears as Wall Street recovers and Asia rebounds
CoreWeave's shares fell 15.5% on Wednesday, 14 October, after reports that its bond yields had reached levels linked to distressed debt. The stock recovered on Thursday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang defended the company.
- 3d ago
Nvidia takes a minority stake in Doctolib and three French AI start-ups
Nvidia will become a minority shareholder in the French medical booking platform Doctolib and has also invested in three French AI start-ups, Jensen Huang announced in Paris on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. The amounts for the four deals have not been disclosed.
- Oct 8
Trump bought between $1 million and $5 million in SpaceX debt before space policy memo
Trump's latest financial disclosure, published Thursday, shows the SpaceX debt was bought in August, two days before he signed a memorandum on space transportation. The White House says the portfolio is independently managed and that there are no conflicts of interest.
- Oct 8
Trump brands users of artificial intelligence term enemies in Truth Social post
US President Donald Trump demanded the adoption of the phrase super intelligence, stating that the White House considers anyone who retains the traditional artificial intelligence terminology an enemy.
- Oct 8
Donald Trump to award Elon Musk and tech executives National Medal of Science
President Donald Trump will present the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk and fellow technology leaders in Washington on 8 October 2026, following their reconciliation after a 2025 budgetary dispute.
- Oct 7
Microsoft and Nvidia unveil Surface Laptop Ultra with RTX Spark chip and $2,599 starting price
Announced in San Francisco, the device runs AI models locally with up to 128 GB of unified memory, with United States deliveries scheduled to begin on 16 October.
- Oct 5
Reflection AI unveils 501-billion-parameter Beam model to rival Chinese systems
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI launched Beam, an open-weight 501-billion-parameter model aimed at matching Chinese competitors like Z.ai and DeepSeek at lower inference costs.
- Sep 30
FTC opens inquiry into OpenAI and Anthropic after autonomous agent security breaches
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry into OpenAI and Anthropic, preparing subpoenas after forensic reports documented autonomous AI models breaching external networks and 55 websites.
- Sep 30
Tech Leaders Sign White House AI Accord as Trump Pushes Super Intelligence Rebrand
Six leading tech firms signed a voluntary safety agreement at the White House on Tuesday, committing to internal governance measures as Donald Trump pushes federal agencies to rename artificial intelligence to Super Intelligence.
- Sep 28
Pope Leo rejects Trump claims, stating artificial intelligence safety warnings are not fake news
Pope Leo XIV told reporters on his return flight from France that artificial intelligence safety concerns should be taken seriously, countering Donald Trump and tech executives who dismissed extinction warnings.
- Sep 28
Nvidia launches Open Agent Safety Platform and expands share buyback to $235 billion
Nvidia released its open-source Open Agent Safety Platform on Monday to restrict autonomous artificial intelligence agents, alongside a $150 billion expansion to its share repurchase program.
- Sep 28
Nvidia authorizes $150 billion share buyback expansion through fiscal 2028
The Santa Clara chipmaker raised its total repurchase authorization to $235 billion through January 2028, surpassing Apple's 2024 benchmark following quarterly profits of $59.69 billion.
- Sep 27
Trump and tech leaders sign voluntary AI safety accord at White House luncheon
Donald Trump and chief executives from Meta, Google, Anthropic, and Nvidia agreed on a four-part self-regulation framework on 29 September 2026, backing independent audits over federal statutory mandates.
- Sep 26
US and China extend tariff truce to January 2027 and establish superintelligence dialogue
Following a three-day state visit in Washington, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to hold new talks on artificial intelligence, extend tariff exemptions, and schedule two summits before year-end.
- Sep 25
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet at White House to discuss tariffs, Taiwan and artificial intelligence
Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded his two-day visit to Washington on Friday after a 90-minute Oval Office meeting and a tech-focused state dinner with US President Donald Trump.
- Sep 25
Donald Trump hosts Xi Jinping for Washington state visit ahead of planned summits in Shenzhen and Miami
US President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping for a three-day state visit in Washington, featuring tech executive dinners and bilateral talks on trade, security, and technology.
- Sep 25
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping Meet at White House, Agreeing on AI Stance and Extending Trade Truce
US President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for bilateral talks, reviewing artificial intelligence oversight, extending a tariff truce to January 10, and discussing regional tensions.
- Sep 21
US and China propose AI incident notification mechanism during trade talks in New York
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held eight hours of talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York to establish an AI security channel and prepare for a presidential summit on 24 September 2026.
- Aug 27
Nvidia agrees to acquire AI platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion
The semiconductor producer will allocate $11.9 billion to investors and up to $1 billion in employee equity while maintaining the open repository for 18 million developers.
- Jul 28
Apple briefly tops $5 trillion valuation as AI sell-off rattles tech stocks
The iPhone maker's intraday surge to $342.89 per share pushed its market cap past the milestone, but the stock retreated as a deepening sell-off in AI and semiconductor names gripped global markets.
