Nvidia didn't have to get hardcore with employees because it's always been intense, alums say.

Huang said he's been saying that because of those advantages, when Blac Jensen Huang just joked that he's the "chief revenue destroyer" — because of how he put down Nvidia's older-model Hopper line.

As the oft-repeated story goes, Nvidia was founded in a San Jose Denny’s by Chris Malachowsky, Curtis Priem, and Jensen Huang, the company’s CEO. The three originally set out in 1993 to make ...

Don't get me wrong, I like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, but something about the combination of AI industry celebrity visual branding and cheap faux-leather knockoffs sets my stomach off doing somersaults.