Inside NVIDIA's CEO Office
Inside NVIDIA's CEO Office The Day DeepSeek Shook the AI Giant An exclusive look into the pivotal moments that redefined NVIDIA's leadership and future. A Morning Like No Other On the morning of January 26, 2025, the atmosphere inside NVIDIA’s Silicon Valley headquarters was focused yet calm. The team had every reason to feel confident—NVIDIA’s dominance in AI hardware had reached an all-time high, with Wall Street lavishing praise on the trillion-dollar company. But that tranquility was shattered when a headline swept across every screen in the office: “Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Unveils Breakthrough R1 Model.” "They’ve built an AI model that bypasses CUDA entirely." — Michael Kagan, NVIDIA CTO The Energy in the Room The office transformed in an instant. Assistants hurried in and out, c...