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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman stress immigration as key to the American Dream amid Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee.
Nvidia Jensen Huang (Left) and OpenAI Sam Altman (Right)
Both Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s chief Sam Altman agreed that they wanted the brightest minds to come to America and immigration is the foundation of the American Dream. Their comments came in an interview with CNBC, where Huang announced to invest $100 billion in OpenAI for the development of data centers based on Nvidia’s chips.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation raising the one-time fee on H-1B visas to a staggering $100,000, with exemptions for certain companies or sectors depending on the national interest. The proclamation accused the IT industry of misusing the visa provision to benefit itself and posed a threat to national security. The order sent a wave of panic across the globe among US companies and H-1B and H-4 visa holders, particularly Indians.
Huang, who is himself an immigrant, in an interview to CNBC said that they wanted all the brightest minds to come to the US and remember immigration is the foundation of the American Dream.
“We represent the American Dream. And so I think immigration is really important to our company and is really important to our nation’s future, and I’m glad to see President Trump making the moves he’s making.”
OpenAI’s Sam Altman also agreed with it and added that they needed to get the smartest people in the country, and streamlined the process and also sort of outlined financial incentives seems good to me.
The $100,000 one-time fee for new H-1B visa holders will definitely work as a big hurdle and demotivator for companies to hire foreign workers. Instead, they would prefer American workers if the required talent is available.
Some sectors in America highly rely on H-1B program to get high-skilled employees, especially from India and China. Those two countries accounted for 71% and 11.7% of visa holders last year, respectively.
The partnership of OpenAI and Nvidia is designed to support the training and deployment of OpenAI’s future models as the company advances toward building superintelligence. The first phase is expected to go live in the second half of 2026 on Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform.
“Nvidia and OpenAI have pushed each other for a decade, from the first DGX supercomputer to the breakthrough of ChatGPT,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia. “This investment and infrastructure partnership mark the next leap forward — deploying 10 gigawatts to power the next era of intelligence.”
Varun Yadav is a Sub Editor at News18 Business Digital. He writes articles on markets, personal finance, technology, and more. He completed his post-graduation diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Inst…Read More
Varun Yadav is a Sub Editor at News18 Business Digital. He writes articles on markets, personal finance, technology, and more. He completed his post-graduation diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Inst… Read More
September 23, 2025, 10:33 IST
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