Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang defends global chip competition against Anthropic’s Amodei

Huang rejected a total ban on advanced AI chip sales to China, arguing US firms should get Nvidia's best hardware first while still competing worldwide Jensen Huang is not interested in walling off China. In a CBS interview that aired on November 8, 2026, the Nvidia CEO rejected Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call for a total ban on advanced AI chip sales to the country. His alternative is simple: American companies get Nvidia’s best chips first, and Nvidia keeps competing everywhere else. What Huang actually said Huang framed his position around a single idea. Competition, in his view, is a feature of the American system, not a bug to be engineered away. “America is about competition.” He advocated for US companies to keep their presence in global markets rather than retreat from them. Huang was not arguing for a free-for-all, though. He said domestic firms should receive Nvidia’s top technology before anyone else. He also pointed to Nvidia’s newest hardware as evidence the approach already works. According to Huang, the company’s Vera Rubin generation is in volume production and available to key US labs. On the broader race, Huang claimed the US is “several years ahead of China” in...