Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says China excels in AI research

Huang argues China out-produces every other country in AI researchers, and new Carnegie data appears to back him up Jensen Huang has a talent theory, and it does not flatter Washington. The Nvidia CEO says China can scale its AI research workforce better than any other country. He framed it as a manufacturing story, applied to the people who build the models, not the chips. Speaking with Yahoo Finance at GTC Berlin in October 2026, Huang said nearly half of the world’s AI researchers are of Chinese origin. His summary was blunt. Huang’s argument went beyond headcount. He pointed to Chinese strength across three fronts: researchers, chip production, and the development of open AI models. He described China as a formidable competitor to the United States in AI.

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