Nvidia remains the AI industry's pacesetter: CEO Jensen Huang tells critics worried about the pace of AI development to 'just stop,' while the company simultaneously expands partnerships, sells new hardware, and stays politically visible. Several reports from September 24 and 25, 2026 show just how broadly Nvidia is positioned right now — from enterprise software to gaming hardware to the international stage.
- Jensen Huang says, according to CNN, that anyone afraid of AI should 'just stop.'
- Nvidia and Cisco expand their partnership to bring Splunk AI to on-premises customers (FutureCIO).
- The RTX 5090 sold out at Walmart for $4,299 after 10,000 shoppers added it to their carts (TechPowerUp).
- Jensen Huang is on the guest list for the Trump-Xi state dinner, alongside Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault (Reuters).
- IonQ's on-prem quantum system at Nvidia has changed its investment story, according to Yahoo Finance.
What did Jensen Huang say about concerns over AI's pace?
According to a CNN Business video from September 24, 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addressed concerns surrounding the pace of artificial intelligence development. His message to competitors and skeptics: anyone afraid of the consequences of AI should 'just stop.' The remark was also picked up in a separate WKYC segment, in which Huang addressed a message to children about AI.
How is Nvidia expanding its enterprise partnerships?
According to FutureCIO, Cisco and Nvidia have expanded their collaboration to make Splunk AI available to on-premises customers as well. This move targets companies that want to run AI tools in their own data centers rather than in the cloud. Meanwhile, Yahoo Finance reports on IonQ's on-prem quantum system at Nvidia, which the article says has changed the company's investment story.
What new hardware is Nvidia currently bringing to market?
According to shattered.io, the Nvidia RTX Spark N1X with 6,144 CUDA cores is now available — a sign of the company's continued hardware push in 2026.
How strong is demand for the RTX 5090?
According to TechPowerUp, the RTX 5090 sold out at Walmart for $4,299 after roughly 10,000 shoppers added the graphics card to their carts — a sign of continued strong demand for Nvidia's high-end GPUs.
Anyone afraid of AI should just stop.
Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, according to CNN Business
Nvidia also remains prominent on the political stage: according to Reuters, Jensen Huang is on the guest list for a state dinner between Trump and Xi, alongside SpaceX chief Elon Musk and LVMH chief Bernard Arnault. This underscores Huang's role as an influential figure bridging business, technology, and international diplomacy.
On the stock market, meanwhile, Nvidia's position is viewed with nuance: Yahoo Finance compares AMD and Nvidia as AI stocks, while 247wallst reports that another AI stock has outperformed Nvidia by almost four times this year — though while burning through nearly a billion dollars in cash. This shows that Nvidia's growth, while dominant, is not unrivaled.
