Jensen Huang, Nvidia's chief executive officer (CEO), said the business environment is becoming difficult as competition for artificial intelligence (AI) chips intensifies.
According to Taiwanese media on the 3rd, CEO Jensen Huang said this when meeting with reporters before departing for Taipei Songshan Airport after completing a four-night, five-day visit to Taiwan the previous day.
Huang said that while startups had previously begun investing in AI-related businesses, exits are proceeding faster than expected.
He added that because the market is very large, competing companies are expected to continue entering, making the business environment challenging.
Huang said, however, that Nvidia holds a different position from other companies as it is entering many areas—including cloud, on-premises (in-house) data centers, robotics, and automotive—through partnerships with each AI company.
He noted that Taiwan supply chain partners, including TSMC, the world's No. 1 semiconductor foundry (contract chip manufacturing) company, Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry), and Wistron, are expected to show steep growth again this year.
Huang said he will definitely attend Computex 2026, Asia's largest IT and computing exhibition scheduled for June, and will personally deliver important company-related announcements.
Meanwhile, the Taipei city government said that between the 10th and 15th, it may be able to conclude a land deal with Nvidia for the construction site of the "Nvidia Taiwan new headquarters," which is being pursued in the Taipei Beitou–Shilin Science Park.