Musk Says Hiring Jensen Huang "Would Be an Honor" in X Exchange
Musk replied on X to a user's call to "hire Jensen Huang," saying "That would be an honor," and the exchange quickly became a hot topic in AI circles.
Confirmed
- ZeroHedge tweeted "Elon please hire Jensen," and Musk personally replied "That would be an honor." The exchange has racked up roughly 9.4K likes and 32K views (per screenshots of different posts).
- Polymarket's official account posted a bulletin relaying Musk's stance: if Jensen Huang were removed as Nvidia CEO, hiring him would be an honor.
- AI researcher Yuchen Jin (@YuchenjUW) shared the exchange with a meme, joking about Huang joining SpaceXSI as "Chief GPU Officer."
- The backdrop includes a survey of 232 Nvidia employees about whether Huang should stay or go.
Unconfirmed
- Musk's reply is widely seen as playful banter, with no evidence of any actual hiring intent.
- Some posters also mentioned claims such as NVIDIA's stock falling to around $110 and new Fab projects—these are personal, tongue-in-cheek extrapolations and remain unverified.
Why it matters
- As two central figures in the AI industry, Musk and Huang naturally generate buzz with any public exchange, and this reply was amplified as a "moment" by accounts like StockTalk.
- Coming amid overlapping narratives around the Nvidia employee survey and stock volatility, the episode offers a lighthearted window into AI-community sentiment, though there is no substantive personnel news behind it.
2026-11-12 ~ 2026-11-12 · 8 related posts
Primary sources
- [source] Musk replies to 'hire Jensen' plea: 'That would be an honor' — elonmusk · 2026-11-12
- AI circle meme: Jensen Huang as 'Chief GPU Officer' of SpaceXSI? — Yuchenj_UW · 2026-11-12
- [source] Musk says it would be 'an honor' to hire Jensen Huang if he's removed as Nvidia CEO — Polymarket · 2026-11-12
- Elon Musk says hiring Jensen Huang "would be an honor" on X — TinfoilTricorn · 2026-11-12
- Elon Musk says it would be "an honor" to hire Jensen Huang — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-11-12
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