I quit my job at Nvidia to cofound a startup. The money wasn't life-changing, and I wanted our son to see a freer path.

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Carolina Cloud cofounders Derek Fulton and Alice Pearson Fulton.

Charlotte Pearson

Nvidia's Jensen Huang says it's a good time to be a plumber — and not just because it's an AI-proof job

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Jensen Huang is optimistic about AI's impact on jobs.

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The career advice Jensen Huang gave me

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Siddhant Pardeshi
After quitting his full-time job at Nvidia, Sid Pardeshi co-founded Blitzy in 2023.

Blitzy

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sid Pardeshi, 32, the co-founder and CTO of a generative AI software platform. He is from India and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

Apple is losing its grip on the world's tech supply chain

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai (right) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (left).
Google CEO Sundar Pichai (right) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (left).

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'Task' versus 'purpose': Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang explains why AI won't kill jobs.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

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Nvidia is staffing up as it draws heightened scrutiny. These are the key leaders it gained and lost last year.

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Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang

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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry says AI is turning Big Tech into a worse business

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Michael Burry attends "The Big Short" New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on November 23, 2015 in New York City.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI doomerism has 'done a lot of damage' and is 'not helpful to society'

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Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang

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CEO Jensen Huang stepped in as criticism mounted over a key Nvidia product launch, internal emails show

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Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang

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Nvidia CEO says the idea of decoupling from China is 'naive' and 'not based on any common sense'

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

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