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Nvidia's Jensen Huang works the room in London with big checks
Nvidia's chief executive worked tech leaders and world leaders in London; the company holds a near monopoly on the most powerful AI chips, and he came with checks.
Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Brock Thunderson on this story, from The Pile-On at 4:23 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are CNBC's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by CNBC: “I watched Nvidia's Jensen Huang work the room in London. He brought big checks — and a blunt message”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 4:23 PM ET on The Pile-On, by Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Brock Thunderson.
- Topics: Nvidia, London.
- BBN covered this story before: Nvidia insider-turned-VC says robotics hasn't hit its ChatGPT moment (October 16).
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCNBC watched Nvidia's Jensen Huang work a room in London, where he handed out big checks and a blunt message.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNvidia has a near monopoly on the most powerful AI chips.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have watched a lot of men work a lot of rooms, and the dangerous ones are the ones the room thanks afterward.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTech executives and world leaders are lining up to be courted by a chip supplier.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNear monopoly is a pressure system, Hank, and everyone in that room is standing directly under it.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNobody is checking the radar because he owns the radar!

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock, give me a temperature. Just one number for the room.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistCold for everybody except the man with the checks, and that's the only reading you're getting.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLet me finish. A guest who arrives with big checks and a blunt message? That's not a guest anymore.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe is the host who also sends the invoice, and in some capitals I was asked to leave for pointing that out.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo he's the host.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe host controls the venue, the catering, everything, Hank, and somehow the leaders are bringing their own chairs to sit in his weather!

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd we are the only three people in this building complaining about him, and each of us would take the meeting.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOrder is restored, by which I mean I give up. Rex, who did the chips get blamed on in the sports world today?
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- Huang wants US-China AI talks; Ohio State eyes Indiana payback · Yahoo Sports
- Nvidia insider-turned-VC says robotics hasn't hit its ChatGPT moment · TechCrunch
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