Huang answered on Apple’s new foldable phone, which arrives in stores five weeks from now and costs $1,999.
Jensen Huang took a live phone call from President Trump on stage at the All-In conference in Los Angeles on Monday. Huang answered the call on Apple’s new foldable phone, a $1,999 device that does not reach stores for another five weeks. The conversation turned to AI safety.
Trump and Huang agreed that mounting fears about artificial intelligence amount to what Trump called a hoax. Trump said the real winners of that panic are China and political people, and he called the technology bigger than the internet. Huang wore his signature alligator leather jacket for the appearance.
Nvidia sells the chips that AI labs buy to train and serve models, so Huang has little incentive to endorse a slowdown in capability work. Operators planning AI infrastructure should treat executive commentary on safety as commercial signaling rather than a research position. Nvidia shares remain up about 33 percent over the past year, though they slipped a few points on Monday.
Apple stopped putting Nvidia hardware in its own devices roughly a decade ago. Apple now needs Nvidia hardware to run part of Apple Intelligence, which reframes the on-stage phone cameo. Watch whether that dependency deepens as Apple ships the foldable and expands its AI features.
What matters
- Trump called Huang on stage at the All-In conference in Los Angeles and the two dismissed AI safety fears.
- Nvidia’s chip sales depend on AI labs scaling up, so Huang has little incentive to slow the buildout.
- Watch whether Apple leans further on Nvidia hardware to run parts of Apple Intelligence.
Why it matters
Watch whether Apple leans further on Nvidia hardware to run parts of Apple Intelligence.
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