Unique Organizational Structure at NVIDIA

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NVIDIA's organizational structure differs from traditional companies by operating as a computing stack with people managing different parts of the system. The company is not built on a hierarchical command and control system but as a stack with layers of modules where the best person for a specific function is in charge regardless of their title. This unique approach has been ingrained in NVIDIA's culture since its early days, believing that an organization should mirror the architecture of building a product and not adhere to a standardized model that doesn't account for the diversity in products being developed.

We finally sit down with the man himself: Nvidia Cofounder & CEO Jensen Huang. After three parts and seven+ hours of covering the company, we thought we knew everything but — unsurprisingly — Jensen knows more. A couple teasers: we learned that the company’s initial motivation to enter the datacenter business came from perhaps not where you’d think, and the roots of Nvidia’s platform strategy stretch back beyond CUDA all the way to the origin of the company.

We also got a peek into Jensen’s mindset and calculus behind “betting the company” multiple times, and his surprising feelings about whether he’d go on the founder journey again if he could rewind time. We can’t think of any better way to tie a bow on our Nvidia series (for now). Tune in!

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