{"id":3187,"date":"2023-09-27T01:03:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T01:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salarydistribution.com\/machine-learning\/2023\/09\/27\/nvidia-founder-and-ceo-jensen-huang-returns-to-dennys-where-nvidia-launched-a-trillion-dollar-vision\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T01:03:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T01:03:12","slug":"nvidia-founder-and-ceo-jensen-huang-returns-to-dennys-where-nvidia-launched-a-trillion-dollar-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salarydistribution.com\/machine-learning\/2023\/09\/27\/nvidia-founder-and-ceo-jensen-huang-returns-to-dennys-where-nvidia-launched-a-trillion-dollar-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang Returns to Denny\u2019s Where NVIDIA Launched a Trillion-Dollar Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Talk about a Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

Denny\u2019s CEO Kelli Valade was joined Tuesday by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Tuesday to unveil a plaque at the Silicon Valley Denny\u2019s where NVIDIA\u2019s founders hatched their idea for a chip that would enable realistic 3D graphics on personal computers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a place where we fuel ideas, your story is so inspiring it will continue to inspire people at Denny\u2019s,\u201d Valade said, as she presented the plaque to Huang.<\/p>\n

\u201cDenny\u2019s has taught me so many lessons,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n

Both CEOs got their start working in diners. Valade got her first job as a waitress at a diner when she was 16. Huang got his first job at Denny\u2019s in Portland when he was 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a dishwasher, I was a busboy, I waited tables,\u201d Huang said. \u201cNo one can carry more coffee cups than I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

To fuel even more great ideas, Valade announced the Denny\u2019s Trillion-Dollar Incubator Contest \u2014 offering $25,000 in seed money for the next $1 trillion idea.<\/p>\n

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The contest is open to anyone with a creative and innovative idea that could impact the world. The only catch? The idea must originate \u2014 like NVIDIA \u2014 in a Denny\u2019s booth.<\/p>\n

NVIDIA, the leading accelerated computing and AI company, got its start at the 24-hour diner chain known for favorites such as its signature Grand Slam combo.<\/p>\n

In 1993, three friends \u2014 Huang, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem \u2014 met at Denny\u2019s to discuss creating a chip that would enable realistic 3D graphics on personal computers.<\/p>\n

The Denny\u2019s just off a busy thoroughfare in the heart of Silicon Valley was the perfect place to start a business, said Huang, who lived nearby at the time with his wife and kids.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt had all the coffee you could drink and no one could chase you out,\u201d Huang told Valade.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s event took place in a corner of the bustling restaurant \u2014 one of the most popular Denny\u2019s locations in Northern California \u2014 as families, retirees, and workers coming off the night shift piled in for plates piled high with eggs and pancakes, sausage and bacon.<\/p>\n

Huang was among them, starting the day with a meeting where he and his table polished off a Lumberjack Slam, Moons Over My Hammy, and a Super Bird sandwich \u2014 washed down with plenty of coffee.\u00a0
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Huang, whose family immigrated to the United States from Taiwan when he was a child, told Valade he had his first hamburger at Dennys and his first milkshake.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make the best pancakes here,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love how you still say \u2018we,\u2019\u201d Valade said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMade fresh every day,\u201d Huang added with a grin.<\/p>\n

Valade and Huang said Denny\u2019s can be a great launching pad, not just for great ideas, but for great careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cStart your first job in the restaurant business,\u201d Huang said. \u201cIt teaches you humility, it teaches you hard work, it teaches you hospitality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Valade agreed wholeheartedly, who, after talking shop with Huang, checked in with diners like Alfred, who was tucking into a stack of pancakes amid the morning rush.<\/p>\n

For people across Silicon Valley, it\u2019s the place to be. \u201cI come here every day,\u201d the retired roofer said.<\/p>\n

Full contest details for the Denny\u2019s Trillion Dollar Incubator Contest can be found at <\/b>www.dennys.com\/trilliondollarincubator<\/b><\/a>. Contestants can submit their ideas online or at Denny\u2019s restaurant by Nov. 21st at 8:59 am. The winner will be announced early next year.<\/b><\/p>\n

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IMAGE CREDIT: Don Feria\/AP Images for Denny\u2019s<\/p>\n

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