[Jensen Huang Refutes 'Circular Financing' Criticism: AI Industry Requires Massive Funding, NVIDIA's Investment Risk is Very Low] According to a report by Jinse Finance, on August 27, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang defended the company's increasing involvement in financing within the artificial intelligence industry during a local time Wednesday event. He refuted external criticism that NVIDIA's financial support for other AI companies is an artificial attempt to inflate its own revenue growth. 'This is the first generation of startups that require tens of billions of dollars in funding to develop.' 'When was the last time anyone heard of a startup needing billions of dollars just to get started, and tens of billions more to become profitable? This has never happened before. But this is the nature of the AI industry. The cost of developing AI and the cost of deploying AI are extremely high—this is a highly capital-intensive industry.' Regarding concerns that NVIDIA might ultimately bear losses due to operational difficulties of the companies it invests in, Huang also dismissed such worries. He stated that NVIDIA's computing infrastructure can be redeployed across different clients and workloads, thereby limiting the company's exposure to risks from any single investment. 'The funds we invest will yield very substantial returns.' 'I believe the risk is very low.'