Nvidia slumps to fresh lows after Jensen Huang affirms plans to invest in OpenAI
Nvidia is on track for its worst loss since late November, with shares extending losses after CEO Jensen Huang said the chip designer’s plan to invest in OpenAI is “on track.”
“There’s no drama involved,” he told CNBC. “Everything’s on track.”
With all due respect, there’s definitely some drama.
On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia’s plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI had stalled; shortly thereafter, Huang said the letter of intent announced by the two sides in September was “never a commitment,” but that the company still planned to participate in OpenAI’s upcoming funding round.
Then, a whopping eight sources told Reuters that OpenAI is “unsatisfied” with Nvidia’s latest AI chips, and particularly their inference capabilities.
CEO Sam Altman took to X to call the reporting around his firm and the most valuable publicly traded company in the world “insanity.”
We love working with NVIDIA and they make the best AI chips in the world. We hope to be a gigantic customer for a very long time.
— Sam Altman (@sama) February 2, 2026
I don't get where all this insanity is coming from.