Nvidia Chief Makes Blunt Prediction on Who Will Win AI Race: Report

David Gilmour Nov 6th, 2025, 9:13 am

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang offered a blunt prediction that China will beat the U.S. in the “AI race” and that Western countries are being held back by “cynicism.”

As the battle over who will dominate in the development of the consequential technology, Huang, whose $5 trillion California-based company is trapped in regulatory crossfire, argued that China is structurally advantaged and pointed to the country’s radically lower energy costs and permissive regulatory environment.

Speaking to the Financial Times at the Future of AI Summit, he said: “China is going to win the AI race.”

States in the U.S., he warned, are writing a patchwork of t

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