Jensen Huang recalls delivering Nvidia's first AI supercomputer to Elon Musk's OpenAI in 2016
XFreeze · x · 2026-08-11
Jensen Huang recently shared that when Nvidia first announced its AI supercomputer, nobody wanted to buy it. In 2016, he personally boxed up the first unit and delivered it to a tiny room in San Francisco—which was OpenAI's early office.
This move highlighted Elon Musk's early bet on AI computing infrastructure long before the industry's potential became obvious.
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