Much has changed at Nvidia in the 19 years since HR director Febe Punsalan started working at the Santa Clara, Calif.–headquartered company. Two decades ago, Nvidia was largely known for manufacturing the GPUs that allowed computers to render 3D graphics in video games. Today, it’s a key player in the global AI industry, developing the computer chips that provide the processing power required to train the most powerful models.
As employees at frontier AI firms blow the whistle on the supposed existential risks of artificial intelligence, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has proved much more measured in his outlook, putting the chances of AI ending the world at “zero.” Despite the seemingly ever-higher stakes of the AI transition, Nvidia has “always stayed true to our culture,” says Punsalan. “We’re growing in terms of headcount, and we use AI coding and agentic tools every day.”
