{
  "id": 19676481,
  "title": "Colette Kress may take a more conservative approach than Jensen Huang; sources say she sometimes pushed back on his riskier deals like backstopping OpenAI (Phoebe Liu/The Information)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/colette-kress-may-take-a-more-conservative-approach-than-jensen-huang",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-12T16:45:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/interim-nvidia-ceo-colette-kress-tried-tame-nvidias-riskiest-bets"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nvidia has appointed longtime chief financial officer Colette Kress as interim CEO following the ousting of Jensen Huang on Thursday. According to The Information, Kress may adopt a more conservative approach than Huang, with sources stating she occasionally pushed back on his riskier deals, such as backstopping OpenAI.\n\nHuang's removal followed a board meeting on Wednesday to consider his resignation after reports of two extramarital affairs. TechCabal reports that one affair involved a senior Nvidia executive who reported to Huang, while the other involved a Chinese businesswoman whom U.S. authorities suspected of working for Beijing's intelligence services, an allegation China has denied. TechCrunch states that the businesswoman is an executive of a Singapore-based neocloud suspected by the U.S. government of smuggling Nvidia chips to China.\n\nThe departure comes as Republican committee chairs summon Huang to testify in closed-door sessions regarding security ramifications. Prior to his resignation, Huang had expressed an interest in competing in various global markets, including Egypt and other African nations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}