Petition demanding Nvidia reinstate Jensen Huang surpasses 140,000 signatures

An online petition demanding that Nvidia reinstate former CEO Jensen Huang gathered more than 140,000 signatures in less than 24 hours after it was launched. The organizers said the signatories include more than 7,000 current Nvidia employees, about 1,300 former employees and more than 76,000 shareholders, as well as business figures such as Musk, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan and Cohere co-founder Aidan Gomez. Musk warned on X that Nvidia would lose at least several key contracts after Huang's departure, because many of those deals were sealed verbally by Huang. According to The New York Times, Huang said in August that he would join with six financial institutions to fund a total of $500 billion in AI compute deals, and at least one institution that had agreed to participate has discussed withdrawing. Analysts believe it is unlikely Huang will actually return; he is facing investigations by the U.S. Congress and intelligence agencies, and Nvidia has appointed an interim CEO.