Musk’s expression of support on X, in a response to a post urging him to recruit Huang, comes as Nvidia’s board meets to consider a future without its founder. Huang has been embroiled in scandal after admitting he had an affair with an alleged spy, with the crisis escalating after a New York Times report that he had a relationship with one of his direct reports.

Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc, and Huang have known each other for at least a decade, and both men joined US President Donald Trump’s high-profile visit to China earlier this year. Musk previously expressed his admiration for Huang and said he expected to continue ordering chips from Nvidia.

Nvidia is a key supplier of graphics processing units to Tesla, which uses them to train artificial intelligence models for autonomous driving and robotics. Nvidia also supplies computing technology for Tesla’s driver-assistance systems, though the carmaker is developing its own chips. 

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