#453 How sonic hedgehog saved nvidia from bankruptcy
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Nvidia's challenging origins and its current position as a leader in the AI industry. It explains how the company, co-founded by Jensen Huang, faced near-bankruptcy in 1996 after its initial graphics chip strategy failed, making them one of many struggling graphics companies at the time. A critical turning point occurred when Sega executive Shoichiro Irimajiri, despite Nvidia failing to deliver on a chip contract for the Dreamcast console, saw potential in Huang and convinced Sega to invest $5 million in the startup, providing a crucial six-month lifeline. This investment allowed Nvidia to develop a breakthrough chip, ultimately leading to the invention of the programmable GPU and its eventual transformation into a trillion-dollar AI powerhouse that now drives most artificial intelligence applications. The narrative emphasizes that the human connection and trust between Huang and Irimajiri were more critical to Nvidia's survival than its initial technology or business plan.