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Why Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says this is generative AI’s moment

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Nvidia reported this week that its earnings for the fourth quarter ended January 29 were $6.05 billion, down 21% from a year ago. But Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, said that generative AI is expected to create a significant opportunity that will accelerate later this year.

Nvidia’s stock price rose on the opportunity, and Huang noted how generative AI will be front and center at its GTC event the week of March 20. (I will moderate a panel on the enterprise metaverse at Nvidia’s GTC event on March 22).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.