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What Jensen Huang thinks about open source

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Co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA since 1993.

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5 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Jensen Huang has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingEvery company should be able to build its own AI, and the innovation that comes from that is the point of open source.

    Their wordswe want we want to encourage everybody and every company to build their own AIs. And and and who knows what innovation will come from the fact that it's open source.

    ↗Jensen Huang: The Mindset That Built NVIDIAyoutube.com 12th of 20 in this recording

    innovation

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  3. Our readingWithout open source there would have been no mobile cloud industry, and no modern AI either.

    Their wordsIf not for open source, the mobile cloud industry would have never happened.

    ↗Jensen Huang: The Mindset That Built NVIDIAyoutube.com 17th of 20 in this recording

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  4. 4 months earlier

  5. Our readingChina is the fastest-innovating country in the world today, on the strength of its talent, its open-source habit and its ferocious internal competition.

    Their wordsSo you get this rapid, incredible great talent, rapid innovation because of open source and just, you know, the nature of friends, and, and insane competition. Among the company, what emerges is incredible stuff. And so this is the fastest innovating country in the world today

    ↗Jensen Huang: NVIDIA - The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494youtube.com 11th of 23 in this recording

    Chinainnovation

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  7. Our readingOpen-source models are fundamentally necessary for most industries, countries and researchers to join the AI revolution at all.

    Their wordsAnd if everything is proprietary, it's hard to do research and it's hard to innovate on top of, around, with. And so… Open source is fundamentally necessary for many industries to join the AI revolution.

    ↗Jensen Huang: NVIDIA - The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494youtube.com 12th of 23 in this recording

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  8. 2 months earlier

  9. Our readingNo country in the world contributes more to open source than China, and American startups are built on what it gives away.

    Their wordsdon't forget China also contributed tremendously to open source. No country in the world contributes more to open source than China. And look at all the startups here in America that were able to benefit from that open source to create the the new startups that are here.

    ↗NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang on Reasoning Models, Robotics, and Refuting the “AI Bubble” Narrativeyoutube.com 19th of 20 in this recording

    startupsChinaAmerica

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