Jensen Huang: 'Nvidia was founded because of Windows'

Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang says the world's most valuable company might not exist without Microsoft (MSFT). "Nvidia was founded because of Windows," Huang said Wednesday alongside Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at an event unveiling a laptop that runs on Nvidia's RTX Spark chip (video above). "If not for Windows, Nvidia wouldn't have been founded."Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shake hands at the Microsoft Windows & Surface event where new on-device AI capabilities for Windows PCs using Nvidia's new RTX Spark chips were announced, in San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 7, 2026. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo·REUTERS / REUTERS Huang detailed how the idea for Nvidia took shape in late 1992, around the time of Windows 3.