After joining the state banquet at Windsor Castle with US President Donald Trump and King Charles on September 17, Jensen Huang threw an after-party the following day in central London.
Before an audience of hundreds of tech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, the Nvidia chief executive was joined on stage by US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and Sir Keir Starmer. “Thank you so much Jensen for your confidence in what we are doing,” the UK prime minister gushed.
Then, channelling Oprah Winfrey’s famous TV show giveaways, Huang started distributing prizes into the audience. Pledging £2bn for UK-based AI start-ups, he anointed eight companies one by one, telling each in turn: “I’m going to invest in your next round.”