The Thinking Machine

Gripping and brilliantly told, this is the amazing story of the improbable origins of one of the most important technologies of our times

Mustafa Suleyman, author of The Coming Wave and CEO of Microsoft AI

An excellent biography of Jensen Huang … Stephen Witt weaves together the story of the man, his company and the computer science that led to large language models such as ChatGPT, which brought generative AI to the masses in 2022

Economist, *Books of the Year*

Jensen Huang, the obsessive co-founder and chief executive of Nvidia, the AI chipmaking giant, is at the centre of this deeply reported and accessible account of the group’s rise to become one of the world’s most valuable companies

Financial Times, *Books of the Year*

Stephen Witt’s deep reporting shines through every page of The Thinking Machine. The result is a page-turning biography of perhaps the most consequential CEO and company in the world

David Epstein, author of Range

The Thinking Machine brilliantly captures the riveting, unlikely story of Jensen Huang’s Nvidia—a company driving the exponential growth of artificial intelligence and humanity's inevitable merger with technology. Stephen Witt’s exceptional reporting offers a rare glimpse into the pioneers driving humanity’s leap toward an infinite future

Ray Kurzweil, author of The Singularity is Nearer

A great story and Witt tells it well. He paints a rounded picture of a remarkable entrepreneur – part visionary, part maniacal workaholic, part inspiring corporate leader

Observer

Closely reported and brilliantly written ... Highly entertaining

Guardian

Thought-provoking, [and] occasionally alarming… Jensen Huang… deserves this wide-ranging account of his life and the meteoric rise of his company

Mail on Sunday

The Thinking Machine…is the second such corporate biography [on Nvidia]… Witt approaches his subject with a more critical eye and more verve

Economist