Huang: DeepSeek paper was Silicon Valley's most important recent read
Jensen Huang · NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang on Reasoning Models, Robotics, and Refuting the “AI Bubble” Narrative · Jan 8, 2026 · at 33:30
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang reflects on open-source research and the impact of Chinese AI lab DeepSeek on American research and startups.
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“This is, you know, let's face it, Deep Seek was probably the single most important paper that most Silicon Valley researchers read from in the last couple years.”
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