Hugging Face CEO laments 黄仁勋's departure from 英伟达: "an unbelievably sad day," pledges to keep championing open source AI
ITHome, November 13 — 黄仁勋 resigned yesterday (November 12) as president, chief executive officer and director of 英伟达, effective immediately. Hugging Face CEO Clément · 德朗格 (Clement Delangue) promptly posted on LinkedIn calling it "an unbelievably sad day" and said he would keep pushing for open source artificial intelligence with even greater resolve.
As ITHome reported yesterday, co-founder 黄仁勋 has stepped down as president, chief executive officer and director of 英伟达, effective immediately; chief financial officer 科莱特 · 克雷斯 will serve as interim chief executive officer, and the company has launched a search process for a new CEO.
After the news was announced, 德朗格 posted on LinkedIn to express his regret. He wrote: "This whole thing sucks, I really wish it had never happened. This is truly an unbelievably sad day!" 德朗格 also stressed that Hugging Face will defend open source artificial intelligence "harder than ever," saying the matter is important enough that "we can't slow down now."

黄仁勋 helped found 英伟达 in 1993 and served as CEO for a long time, leading the company from a graphics chip supplier to a core player in global AI computing power. The abrupt departure comes as 英伟达's proposed acquisition of Hugging Face for about 12.9 billion US dollars moves forward; the deal is expected to be completed in the first half of 2027, and the U.S. Department of Justice has previously opened inquiries into its impact on competition in the AI market.
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