there is no replacing a founder like Jensen.
There never has been, and there can never be, a true succession for a founder like him. Nvidia ends today, and is replaced with a thing cosplaying nvidia. It will be run by custodians trying and failing to preserve the flame he ignited
My brother’s friend drives a Tesla. This is 3 videos of the same accident. The Tesla, on self drive, sees the approaching car coming from behind at excessive speed and moves out of the way. Driver of speeding car was killed. Amazing technology @elonmusk.
so:
- no succession plan.
- 60 reports which means no obvious person with complete understanding of the co operates. or at least it’ll be insanely messy. potential for a lot of infighting.
- a weak board suddenly tasked to manage a crazy crises w/ arguably the most important co of this era.
- possible talent exodus since founder is leaving.
- a ceo search that could take a while with no obvious outsider candidate at the top.
- potentially more revelations.
- jensen will have zero involvement going forward. no chairman role.
- downstream impact on ai ecosystem from funding, support etc.
this is not good. what am i missing?
@Dimdv99@tetsuoai Not as good. Opus 5.5 is a masterpiece.
But Grok 5 should exceed Opus 5.5 and maybe that happens in 2 or 3 months, with continued acceleration thereafter.
@jacl0e@m4ttbuilds@theo Are these legal protections going to matter if competitors unshackled by this and using AI to the fullest take you out of business?
I don't think it's a lack of technical knowledge, more a general distrust of AI after all the scary hacking stories, tbf most people even in technical roles still use Claude Code like a chat bot (I've seen some truly dumb things…) so i don’t blame them for using such a defensive approach, it just ends up hurting the people who know how to use it properly. Which is why doing your own thing can make you unstoppable
you're seeing larger co's acquire super small ones quickly cuz there's still a severe shortage of ppl who understand the new ai world, both creatively & in terms of how to actually execute on a idea space. not only that but the ability to showcase & tell stories about your creation is even more valuable.
yes, you obviously need fewer ppl to build things but the importance of having the *right* ppl has increased dramatically & there is still demand to join.