Jensen Huang Takes Trump AI Call on Apple’s $1,999 Foldable
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took Trump's live AI safety call while holding Apple's $1,999 foldable phone, five weeks before its retail launch during an L.A. event.
Summary
On Monday, September 14, 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang answered a surprise live call from President Trump onstage at the All-In conference in Los Angeles, using Apple’s unreleased $1,999 foldable phone five weeks before its store debut. With Trump on speaker, they appeared to agree that mounting AI safety fears are a “hoax.” Trump said the panic benefits China and “political people,” called AI bigger than the internet and too important to slow, and heard Huang say thousands were applauding.
Huang’s own view remains uncertain. Nvidia depends largely on AI laboratories buying more chips, giving the company a commercial reason to minimize existential risk concerns. Nvidia shares were still up 33% over the previous year but fell a few percentage points that day. The phone also highlighted a reversal in Apple’s relationship with Nvidia: about a decade after Apple stopped putting Nvidia hardware in its devices, Nvidia now runs part of Apple Intelligence.
Positives
- Apple’s $1,999 foldable phone appeared publicly five weeks before reaching stores, providing an unusually early look at unreleased hardware.
- Nvidia shares remained 33% higher over the previous year despite the day’s decline.
- Apple Intelligence now partly runs on Nvidia, restoring strategic relevance a decade after Apple stopped using Nvidia hardware in its devices.
- Thousands applauded during the live exchange, Huang told Trump.
Risks & concerns
- Trump labeled mounting AI safety fears a “hoax,” potentially sidelining calls to slow a technology he described as bigger than the internet.
- Huang’s personal agreement remains unclear, while Nvidia’s dependence on AI laboratories buying chips creates an incentive to downplay existential risk.
- Nvidia shares fell a few percentage points that day, despite remaining up 33% for the year.