Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will travel to the United Kingdom next week with President Donald Trump for a state visit, a source with knowledge of the trip said on Monday. Sky News first reported the trip plan. According to its news, in addition to Huang Renxun, many American business leaders are expected to accompany Trump on the trip, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman and BlackRock Group CEO Larry Fink.
The report also pointed out that Apple CEO Tim Cook also received an invitation to accompany him.
Sky News said these business celebrities are expected to attend a state dinner hosted by King Charles next week with Trump.
Although Huang was conspicuously absent from Trump's tech CEO dinner at the White House last week, his trip to the UK highlights the importance the chipmaker places on maintaining its relationship with the president as it seeks to license a new generation of "Blackwell" chips.
Huang developed a close relationship with Trump after Nvidia was thrown into uncertainty over the Trump administration's export control policies earlier this year and has repeatedly praised the president's commitment to U.S. manufacturing.
Huang Jen-Hsun has tried to convince Trump that allowing Nvidia to export chips is good for U.S. national security because it means the United States will continue to maintain its leading position in the artificial intelligence (AI) race.
Huang previously said that Trump had praised Nvidia as a leader in technology and expressed joy when the company's market value exceeded $4 trillion.
Nvidia said earlier this year that the Trump administration had cut off the company's market access through export controls. Subsequently, Huang met with Trump twice at the White House this summer and obtained an export exemption for his artificial intelligence chip "H20" for the Chinese market.
Trump said he had negotiated with Huang to take a 15% cut of sales of the chips. Nvidia said last month that the specific details of the U.S. government’s share ratio have not yet been finalized.
In May this year, Huang Renxun also visited Saudi Arabia with Trump to attend an investment forum.
Nvidia previously revealed that it had to abandon some plans for the H20 chip - a chip that could have generated $8 billion in sales in a single quarter. The company said sales of H20 chips could hit $5 billion this quarter, depending on the geopolitical environment.
But Nvidia is now focusing on getting licenses to sell newer-generation chips, with Huang telling investors last month that approval was "a real possibility."