US chip giant Nvidia hires 2 Chinese AI experts: Report

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US chipmaker Nvidia has hired two prominent artificial intelligence (AI) experts from China as the company continues to expand its research talent pool, the South China Morning Post reported Sunday.

Zhu Banghua and Jiao Jiantao, both graduates of China’s Tsinghua University, announced on social media they have joined Nvidia, sharing photos with company founder and CEO Jensen Huang.

Zhu, who holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Tsinghua and recently completed a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, joined Nvidia as a principal research scientist, according to a post on X.

Jiao, who earned a PhD in electrical, electronics and communications engineering from Stanford University after graduating from Tsinghua, said on LinkedIn he joined Nvidia to “help push the frontier of artificial general intelligence and artificial super intelligence.”

The development follows Nvidia’s return to the top of the global market, after the company briefly overtook Microsoft last week to become the world’s most valuable firm with a market capitalization of $3.77 trillion.

Nvidia dominates the market for graphics processing units (GPUs), which are essential for AI development and the training of large language models. The company has faced recent restrictions on sales to China but continues to lead the global AI hardware sector.