The Thinking Machine

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Witt has a knack for explaining the science in ways that everyone can understand... A thrilling origin story... This is the rarest of books on tech - one that may just leave you feeling good about an entrepreneur founder and optimistic about the future * Sunday Times * Gripping and brilliantly told, this is the amazing story of the improbable origins of one of the most important technologies of our times * Mustafa Suleyman, author of The Coming Wave and CEO of Microsoft AI * An excellent biography of Jensen Huang ... Stephen Witt weaves together the story of the man, his company and the computer science that led to large language models such as ChatGPT, which brought generative AI to the masses in 2022 * Economist, *Books of the Year* * Jensen Huang, the obsessive co-founder and chief executive of Nvidia, the AI chipmaking giant, is at the centre of this deeply reported and accessible account of the group's rise to become one of the world's most valuable companies * Financial Times, *Books of the Year* * Stephen Witt's deep reporting shines through every page of The Thinking Machine. The result is a page-turning biography of perhaps the most consequential CEO and company in the world -- David Epstein, author of Range The Thinking Machine brilliantly captures the riveting, unlikely story of Jensen Huang's Nvidia-a company driving the exponential growth of artificial intelligence and humanity's inevitable merger with technology. Stephen Witt's exceptional reporting offers a rare glimpse into the pioneers driving humanity's leap toward an infinite future -- Ray Kurzweil, author of The Singularity is Nearer A great story and Witt tells it well. He paints a rounded picture of a remarkable entrepreneur - part visionary, part maniacal workaholic, part inspiring corporate leader * Observer * Closely reported and brilliantly written ... Highly entertaining * Guardian * Thought-provoking, [and] occasionally alarming... Jensen Huang... deserves this wide-ranging account of his life and the meteoric rise of his company * Mail on Sunday * The Thinking Machine...is the second such corporate biography [on Nvidia]... Witt approaches his subject with a more critical eye and more verve * Economist * The richer and more accessible account of Nvidia's 30-year journey from Silicon Valley...to AI behemoth * Financial Times * [A] deeply researched, illuminating and often rather funny book... for those wanting an engaging and revealing insight into what Nvidia's journey to becoming one of most vital firms of the modern tech industry has been like, The Thinking Machine is unrivalled * Daily Telegraph * A delicious account of how a scrawny Taiwanese immigrant, with an intense commitment to reason, loyalty to people, and a Stakhanovite work ethic, built the engine of the AI revolution * Michael Moritz, former Chairman, Sequoia Capital * The AI revolution that defines this decade, and probably this century, rests on the shoulders of a shockingly small number of geniuses; and Nvidia's Jensen Huang is prominent among them. Witt's superb portrait is both entertaining and disquieting, capturing an indispensable, elusive, and isolated man: the hardware wizard behind the machines that are careering toward something very much like sentience -- Sebastian Mallaby, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Law Before reading The Thinking Machine, I didn't understand just how much the rise of Jensen Huang and Nvidia explains the sudden explosion of artificial intelligence. Stephen Witt's sweeping narrative offers a roadmap to the various forces rapidly changing our lives, tucked into the wild insider story of how one of our strangest and most singular entrepreneurs-in an era chock full of them-not only built a remarkable company but also helped to usher in our brave new world -- Reeves Wiedeman, author of Billion Dollar Loser This rich, accessible account charts Nividia's 30-year path to becoming the world's indispensable AI chipmaking giant * Financial Times, *Summer Reads of 2025* * In The Thinking Machine, Stephen Witt interweaves biographical insights that trace the life of the company's maverick CEO, Jensen Huang , with analysis of the rapid evolution in science and engineering that makes Al possible * Times Literary Supplement * [The Thinking Machine] had me gripped. This is the definitive story of Huang's life and times * Sunday Times, *Books of the Year* *