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November 15, 2026, 10:55 AM
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Thomas Barrabi / New York Post:
Nvidia insiders say Jensen Huang was prone to wild office tantrums, which a source says some employees were surprised hadn't leaked before his public downfall  —  Ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was prone to wild temper tantrums at the office, according to company insiders …
Lauren Edmonds / Business Insider:
A petition to reinstate Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO tops 100K signatures, including Elon Musk, Tim Sweeney, and Garry Tan; organizers say 5K+ Nvidia staff signed  —  Some people aren't ready to let former CEO Jensen Huang go.  —  A petition to reinstate Huang as Nvidia's CEO has some 97,000 signatures …
Bloomberg:
23andMe's Anne Wojcicki, formerly married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, says Jensen Huang's affair shows what happens when CEOs think they are “untouchable”  —  As the Nvidia drama unfolds, the tech community adds yet another geek-turned-billionaire to its list of flawed visionaries.
Katie Tarasov / CNBC:
Letter: Altimeter's Brad Gerstner and Atreides's Gavin Baker urge Nvidia's board to consider “the potential return of Jensen Huang”; they own $2.13B in Nvidia  —  Two major Nvidia shareholders are calling on the board of directors to weigh all options for the company's future leadership …
Wall Street Journal:
How Jensen Huang built a multibillion-dollar business to let Chinese companies access Nvidia AI chips in SE Asian data centers, exploiting a gap in US sanctions  —  Massive data centers in Southeast Asia exploited a gap in U.S. sanctions, providing crucial computing power for Chinese companies and a cover for alleged chip smuggling
Nathan Lambert / Interconnects AI:
Jensen Huang's resignation is a setback for US open models, as his funding gave open-source developers time to find their footing and will very likely dry up
Corbin Bolies / Variety:
Inside the first AI Music Awards in Los Angeles, featuring AI announcers, lip-syncing, and human stand-ins, as the ceremony was mired in technical issues  —  I knew things were a little off when the first thing I heard on my walk to the AI Music Awards was “the winner...” followed by the sweet voice of Kelly Clarkson.
Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
TSMC plans to set up a new $500M fund to invest in chip startups, suppliers, and other upstream partners, saying “we also want to support the future's Nvidia”  —  TOKYO — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to use a new $500 million venture fund to support promising chip startups …
Bloomberg:
Source: Applied Digital has asked tenants like Oracle and Meta for billions in guarantees since at least last year to secure power before finalizing leases  —  Tech giants chasing the infinite promise of AI are finding themselves increasingly on the hook for something far earthier — the electrical grid.
Joseph Pisani / Wall Street Journal:
Sean Duffy blames Friday's FAA outage on copper-to-fiber wiring work at a remote facility, saying contractor L3Harris may have installed a “faulty router”  —  Work at a single remote location caused instability that led authorities to order nationwide groundstop; airlines continue to cancel flights as they rush to reset
Alex Fitzpatrick / Axios:
The FAA lifts its over four-hour nationwide ground stop for US airports caused by “communication issues affecting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers”
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Databento, which offers market data APIs and says it has contracts with five of the six largest frontier AI labs, raised a $100M Series C at a $1.1B valuation  —  Databento, a platform supplying market data to the modern financial industry, has secured $100m in a Series C round that values the business at $1.1bn.

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