Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Hails Elon Musk as the 'Ultimate GPU' for His Mind-Boggling Multitasking and Vision

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised Elon Musk as "the ultimate GPU," highlighting Musk’s exceptional ability to manage complex, interconnected systems across multiple high-stakes ventures. Speaking on the "BG2 podcast," Huang likened Musk’s mind to a powerful computing chip, capable of processing vast amounts of information and coordinating diverse technological challenges in real time. Musk leads or plays a central role in five major companies—Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, xAI, and The Boring Company—while simultaneously advancing ambitious projects like the Colossus II AI training cluster. This massive data center, being built outside Memphis, Tennessee, is designed to be the world’s first Gigawatt-scale AI facility. Musk has already invested at least $400 million in the project, which will eventually house up to 1 million Nvidia GPUs. Huang emphasized the extraordinary complexity of building such systems, noting challenges in financing, infrastructure, power supply, and hardware integration. He said these represent “the most complex systems problem humanity has ever endeavored.” What sets Musk apart, according to Huang, is that all these interdependencies—technical, financial, and strategic—reside in one mind. “The interdependencies reside in one head,” Huang said, underscoring Musk’s rare capacity to align disparate elements into a cohesive vision. When the podcast hosts compared Musk to a “big GPT” or a supercomputer, Huang responded with a memorable line: “He’s the ultimate GPU.” He praised Musk’s sense of urgency and deep commitment to building transformative technology, noting that when vision, drive, and skill converge, “unbelievable things can happen.” The compliment comes amid strong business ties between Musk’s companies and Nvidia. Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI are major customers, with Colossus II relying on over 200,000 Nvidia GPUs—eventually expanding to 1 million. This demand has fueled Nvidia’s dominance in the AI hardware market. Just last week, Nvidia announced a $100 billion investment into OpenAI, a company led by Sam Altman, Musk’s former collaborator and current rival. Despite their differences, Huang expressed confidence in Musk’s ability to deliver. “I would not be surprised if he gets to a gigawatt before anybody else does,” he said, reflecting both admiration and belief in Musk’s relentless pace.