Musk reaches out to Jensen Huang amid ‘affair controversy’: “It would be an honor to hire him”

[Financial News] Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, said he would be willing to hire Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who is embroiled in a scandal over an alleged affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. After an online user asked him to hire Huang, Musk replied, “It would be an honor,” publicly expressing his support.
On the 11th local time, when a user on social media asked, “Elon, please hire Jensen,” Musk replied, “(If I could) it would be an honor.”
The remarks came amid reports that Nvidia’s board had appointed an independent official to investigate Huang’s affair and related allegations and was discussing his future at the company, including the possibility of his dismissal.
Musk had also voiced his support on the 8th, when Huang admitted to the affair, saying “I agree” with the claim that Huang was irreplaceable in the industry.
Some have suggested that Musk’s repeated defense of Huang is tied to the cooperation between Nvidia and companies he leads, including Tesla and SpaceX.
SpaceX and Nvidia maintain a cooperative relationship in the areas of capital and infrastructure. Nvidia is reportedly a major investor holding about 122.8 million SpaceX shares, with the stake valued at about 23 trillion won.
At an earnings announcement in August, Musk said, “We decided to build an exclusive partnership based on Nvidia going forward,” and announced plans to use Nvidia chips in SpaceX’s next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
SpaceX also plans to build the “space data center” it is pursuing as a medium- to long-term business using Nvidia’s advanced AI chips.


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