Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia speaks with CNBC on Could 5, 2026.
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BEIJING — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is becoming a member of U.S. President Donald Trump’s journey to China this week, the chipmaker confirmed to CNBC, after preliminary indications the manager had not been invited.
After seeing the media protection of Huang’s absence from the delegation, Trump referred to as the Nvidia government and requested him to hitch, a supply acquainted with the state of affairs instructed CNBC.
Huang flew to Alaska to board Air Power One, the supply stated.
Trump is bringing greater than a dozen U.S. executives to Beijing this week the place he’s scheduled to fulfill with Chinese language President Xi Jinping Thursday and Friday.
“Jensen is attending the summit on the invitation of President Trump to assist America and the administration’s objectives,” a spokesperson for the chip big stated in an announcement. Nvidia referred to the identical remark when requested about Huang becoming a member of mid-journey in Alaska, however didn’t present a cause.
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Nvidia’s most superior chips, extensively used for coaching AI fashions, have confronted tighter U.S. restrictions on China gross sales during the last 4 years. The corporate stated in February that U.S.-government-approved variations of the chips had but to be allowed into China.
“I nonetheless imagine that we’re distant from a deal on export controls … it is constructive that he is there and he is a part of the President’s delegation, and that that that is vital for him and it is vital for the President,” Carlos Gutierrez, former U.S. secretary of commerce, instructed “Squawk Field Asia.”