Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang Loses $10 Billion in 1 Day

Jensen Huang, the CEO and co-founder of Nvidia saw his net worth shrink by $9.8 billion on Tuesday. His net worth now stands at $94.6 billion, according to Forbes’ estimates as of early Wednesday. This huge loss in wealth caused Jensen Huang to drop from the 14th to the 16th position on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list placing him below Michael Dell and Jim Walton.

Groq Secures $640 Million in Funding to Challenge Nvidia in the AI Chip Industry

Groq has successfully raised $640 million in a Series D funding round. This funding was led by investors such as BlackRock, with participation from Neuberger Berman, Type One Ventures, Cisco, KDDI and the Samsung Catalyst Fund. This investment brings Groq’s total funding to over $1 billion and also boosts the company’s valuation to $2.8 billion.

AMD Launches New AI Chips to Compete with Nvidia

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is accelerating the release of its new artificial intelligence (AI) processors to challenge Nvidia Corp.’s dominance in the AI chip market. During the opening keynote address at the Computex 2024 conference, AMD Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su announced a series of new AI chips and processors at various segments from data centers to consumer laptops.