Nvidia held $48B stakes in 229 startups; Jensen Huang's resignation spooks Silicon Valley
nordicinst · x · 2026-11-14
Per the New York Times, Jensen Huang's abrupt resignation as Nvidia CEO has investors and founders nervous. Nvidia held $48 billion worth of stakes in 229 private companies (including large positions in OpenAI and Anthropic) as of late July.
Huang long championed startups—attending demo days and providing funding and compute. "Nvidia is the central bank of A.I., and all of a sudden, the Fed chairman is out," said Tomasz Tunguz of Theory Ventures.
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