Nvidia enters life without Jensen Huang
PLUS: Build a shared tracker in Claude Sheets
Good morning, AI enthusiasts, and welcome to our 4,207 new readers. Two weeks ago, a NYT report tied Nvidia’s CEO to an alleged Chinese intelligence asset. Now, the man who turned a Denny’s-booth startup into the engine of the AI boom is out the door.
Jensen Huang has resigned after a 33-year run at Nvidia, leaving the world’s most important AI infrastructure company without its founder, and without a clear plan for what comes next.
In today’s AI rundown:
Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia’s CEO
Rowan’s Corner: How I use AI to coach my calls
Build a shared tracker in Claude Sheets
Google joins the race for your face with AI glasses
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NVIDIA
Image source: Nvidia / The Rundown
The Rundown: Jensen Huang just resigned as Nvidia’s CEO and board member, effective immediately, after reports of extramarital affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese intelligence asset; CFO Colette Kress has been named interim CEO.
The details:
The exit came days after Huang admitted to infidelity following reports linking him to an alleged Chinese spy. The board backed him, saying it had “no reason to believe” national security or company secrets were compromised.
Pressure built after the NYT reported a second relationship with an Nvidia executive; Reuters reported a third with another employee after the resignation.
Kress, CFO since 2013, will hold both roles as the board looks for a replacement, with Trump pitching Tim Cook as the “only one man” who could take the job.
Nvidia closed down 4% Thursday after falling more than 14%, with earnings due Nov. 17 and House committee chairs seeking a closed-door briefing from Huang.
Why it matters: Over 33 years, Huang made Nvidia the company it is, taking it from gaming GPUs to the hardware behind modern AI. Under him, it stayed dominant even as rivals pushed their own chips. Whoever steps into his shoes will have to build on that and decide which of his fights to keep, from lighter AI regulation to chip sales to China.
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ROWAN’S CORNER
Rowan: After every high-stakes call, I let AI tear apart my performance. It started as a weird quirk several months ago, and it’s quietly become one of my most useful habits, so I figured it’s worth sharing.
The setup is simple. I record my meetings with Granola (you could use any meeting note taker), connect the transcripts to Claude, and instead of just pulling summaries and action items, I make it look backward at my own performance.
A few of the analyses I run:
My talk ratio on sales calls, flagged whenever it passes 50% (typically you want to talk less)
Every moment I dodged a hard topic or put off a decision I could’ve made on the spot
A commitment log of everything promised, including every “let me think about it,” which gets pushed into my to-do lists
An objection library of every pushback partners raised this year, with a stronger answer drafted for each
One quick tip if you try this is to ask for exact quotes, so Claude or ChatGPT puts your own words next to what you should’ve said.
And this works for way more than my calls. You could run the same workflow on recruiting calls, sales calls, leadership meetings, heck, even podcasts and interview recordings. If it’s recorded, it can coach you.
AI TRAINING
The Rundown: Claude now builds its own spreadsheets, turning a description into a table and leaving the formulas in the cells, so you can check every number. In this guide, you’ll build a campaign tracker with status and budget, then share it for editing.
Step-by-step:
Go to claude.ai/artifacts, click the green Sheets tile under Make something new, and describe the tracker: every column, dropdown values, and cells with formulas
Click a total and read the formula bar. Then select the table, click Ask Claude, and ask it to point out any cell holding a typed number instead of a formula, since only formulas update when Spent changes
Ask Claude to highlight tasks that are past their due date and not Done. Then paste your own tasks over the samples and have Claude delete the leftovers
Click Share, invite a teammate with Can edit, and leave General access on Only you. On paid plans, people can edit cells but can’t ask Claude for changes
Pro tip: Before any big change, open Share, then the Export tab, and download an Excel copy. If an edit goes wrong, you still have the tracker as it was. For a bad build, Undo on the “Claude updated” notice takes the whole thing back.
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With Incogni working in the background, you can:
Keep phone numbers and addresses off broker databases
Reduce exposure to identity theft and impersonation
Let automated removals do the work continuously
Image source: Google
The Rundown: Google opened pre-orders for its first Gemini-powered AI smart glasses, 18 months after announcing them at I/O 2025, with frames from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster starting at $395 in a direct challenge to Meta’s Ray-Bans.
The details:
Built with Samsung, the nine styles pack a 12MP camera, open-ear speakers, and up to nine hours of battery into 41-gram frames, with no display in the lenses.
Wearers can say “Hey Gemini” to ask about what they’re looking at, get Maps directions in their ear, play music, or translate speech live across 70+ languages.
Google says the glasses redact bystanders’ faces before Gemini sees them, show a light when recording, and stop recording if the light is covered; users can even control which apps access the camera and mic.
They go on sale Dec. 10 in the U.S. and South Korea and work with iPhones too, taking on Meta, which shipped 81% of AI glasses in the first half of the year.
Why it matters: Meta holds the crown in AI glasses, but privacy backlash over their cameras has dogged it, to the point it launched a camera-free model in September. With its new glasses and their added privacy features, Google is pitching itself as the safer pick, betting it can keep the camera and still earn the trust Meta has struggled to win.
QUICK HITS
COMMUNITY AI WORKFLOW OF THE DAY
▸ A Rundown reader used AI to turn personal stories into published books
Today’s workflow comes from an anonymous Rundown reader:
“After retiring from medicine, I began writing personal stories and used ChatGPT to polish them for sharing. Over time, it helped me connect stories, identify larger themes, and explore new ideas. I bring my own stories, reflections, and questions, then work with ChatGPT through suggestions, revisions, and sometimes disagreements. I also use Claude and Gemini as independent reviewers to catch weaknesses or missed possibilities, while keeping all creative and editorial decisions my own.
This process has helped me publish books and create Creating Space, a collection of contemplative resources for individuals and groups. Each project sparks new questions and ideas. The biggest benefit hasn’t been saving time. At 73, I’ve begun to see myself as a creator, using AI to explore possibilities and bring my ideas to life while retaining responsibility for the work.”
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