Nvidia hires Chinese AI experts Zhu Banghua and Jiao Jiantao
Zhu Banghua and Jiao Jiantao, two young Chinese AI experts, have joined Nvidia, sharing photos with CEO Jensen Huang.
US chip giant Nvidia has hired two prominent artificial intelligence (AI) experts from China, highlighting the growing global recognition of mainland talent in advancing the field.
Key Hires
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Zhu Banghua: An alumnus of Tsinghua University (2018) and UC Berkeley (PhD 2024), Zhu joined Nvidia’s Nemotron team as a principal research scientist. He also serves as an assistant professor at the University of Washington. Zhu emphasized collaboration with developers and academia, focusing on AI model post-training, evaluation, and infrastructure.
- Nemotron: A team at Nvidia dedicated to building enterprise-level AI agents, powered by multimodal models for text, visual reasoning, and coding.
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Jiao Jiantao: A Tsinghua and Stanford University graduate (PhD 2018), Jiao joined Nvidia to advance artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial super intelligence (ASI).
Global Talent Recognition
The hires underscore China’s rising influence in AI innovation, with both experts sharing photos of themselves with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on social media. Zhu’s commitment to open-sourcing work aligns with Nvidia’s broader goals of democratizing AI technology.
Tags: #ArtificialIntelligence #Nvidia #TechTalent
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