{"id":42090,"date":"2026-05-18T04:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/42090\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T04:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:40:13","slug":"ai-founder-shares-the-advice-jensen-huang-gave-him-on-a-midnight-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/42090\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Founder Shares the Advice Jensen Huang Gave Him on a Midnight Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jensen Huang can talk about founder mode even at midnight.<\/p>\n<p>\n                          Loading audio narration&#8230;\n                        <\/p>\n<p>On an episode of the &#8220;20VC&#8221; podcast released on Sunday, Shiv Rao, the CEO of <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/inside-messiest-relationship-in-healthcare-ai-abridge-epic-2025-9\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">healthcare AI startup Abridge<\/a>, shared the leadership <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/jensen-huang-graduation-speech-ai-jobs-anxiety-2026-5\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">advice the Nvidia CEO<\/a> gave him during a late catch-up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He once called me at midnight, and it was like on his way home, and I knew it was him. I picked it up, and it was awesome,&#8221; Rao said. &#8220;He wanted to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/nvidia-employee-jensen-huang-leadership-lessons-2026-1\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">unpack a challenge<\/a> that I was experiencing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rao said that he had emailed Huang earlier that day for guidance \u2014 Nvidia is one of Abridge&#8217;s investors. When Huang called him back, the startup founder said he was impressed by the quick turnaround.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the lessons for me that day was your job is to fall in love with whatever the job is,&#8221; he said, about Huang&#8217;s advice. &#8220;That is something you can do, and you can convince yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abridge, which makes tools for transcribing and summarizing patient visits, was cofounded in 2018 by Rao, a cardiologist. In June, Abridge raised a $300 million Series E round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Khosla Ventures, valuing the company at $5.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>On the podcast, Rao said one of the things he learned to &#8220;bend&#8221; his DNA to love was &#8220;living on an airplane.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you caught me like five years ago, I&#8217;d be like, &#8216;Never. We&#8217;re not going to do that. We&#8217;re going to find other ways to grow and scale,'&#8221; he said. &#8220;But this is what the job requires, and I enjoy it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Huang, who cofounded Nvidia in 1993, has famously flipped the conventional script on finding a career in what you enjoy doing. He has repeatedly said that it is easier to fall in love with what you do than to find what you love.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I loved it when I was a dishwasher. I loved it when I was a busboy. I loved it when I was delivering papers,&#8221; he said in a 2023 podcast. He added, &#8220;I loved every single <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/why-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-prefers-group-problem-solving-2026-3\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">day at Nvidia<\/a> that I&#8217;ve ever had, and I just learned to love what I&#8217;m doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jensen Huang can talk about founder mode even at midnight. 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