Why Success Feels Like Failure at NVIDIA

Bryan Catanzaro was instrumental in the adoption of GPUs for powering machine learning, which has effectively turned NVIDIA from a graphics processing hardware company into a $4T AI powerhouse. Bryan joins Robb and Josh to talk about his journey in AI and how the unique psychology and power structures at NVIDIA enables the company to continually meet the moment in surprising ways. They also discuss the impact of Bryan’s plea for help in categorizing data for emerging language models at a 2019 keynote he delivered to librarians at Stanford. Perhaps most importantly, Bryan shares thoughts on how hair was the first technology. ---------- Support our show by supporting our sponsors! This episode is supported through partnership with OneReach.ai. Experience the runtime for AI agents — a turnkey private architecture and tools for building enterprise-grade agentic solutions. Use any AI models Create guardrails for organizational alignment Equipped with enterprise grade security Avoid vendor lock-in OneReach.ai’s award-winning AI agent orchestration platform meets the many requirements for seizing powerful new technologies in this pivotal moment. Interested in implementing an Agent Platform for your organization? Book a Demo: ------------------ The revised and significantly updated second edition of our bestselling book about successful adoption of AI agents, Age of Invisible Machines, is now available anywhere you buy your books: Amazon -

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Why Success Feels Like Failure at NVIDIA is an episode from In Conversation with UX Magazine by Invisible Machines.

This episode is 44:52 long.

This episode was published on Aug 22, 2025.

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