NVIDIA Robotics Engineer Darrell Dai Resigns, Says He Was Not Heard on Jensen Huang Exit

Darrell Dai, a robotics research engineer at NVIDIA, announced he is leaving the company after the resignation of former CEO Jensen Huang, saying the leadership change left him disappointed and uncertain about its direction. Business News Today reported the resignation on November 15, 2026.

Dai's Reasons for Leaving NVIDIA

Dai said Huang was one of the main reasons he wanted to join NVIDIA, crediting the former CEO with recognising emerging technologies early, including long-term investment in CUDA and artificial intelligence before they became mainstream priorities. He also pointed to NVIDIA's focus on physical AI and robotics, where investments in open-source tools, robotics projects and computing platforms helped engineers bring artificial intelligence into the physical world.

Dai described a workplace culture under Huang in which engineers were encouraged to experiment, take risks and learn from failures, and he cited Huang's practice of reading employees' "Top 5" emails and engaging directly with them. He said the circumstances of Huang's exit were hard to process: while acknowledging he did not know all the facts and that the allegations deserved scrutiny, he was disappointed by the absence of an explanation that would help employees understand the change. "On this decision, I have not felt heard," Dai said.

The Times of India reported that Dai complained to the NVIDIA board that engineers working at the company on Jensen Huang were not heard and that they also had a story to tell. He said he left with sadness and gratitude.

Huang's resignation came amid reports of extramarital relationships, including one involving Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman suspected by US authorities of having links to Chinese intelligence. NVIDIA's board initiated an independent investigation into the matter, and Reuters has reported that it has not independently verified whether Alice Huang was working for the Chinese government.

NVIDIA's Leadership Record at akta.pro

According to akta.pro company records, NVIDIA is a publicly traded full-stack AI computing platform company founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara. The same records list Jensen Huang as Founder and Chief Executive Officer, alongside Colette Kress as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Bill Dally as Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research.

Earlier Leadership Departures at NVIDIA

TechCrunch reported that NVIDIA's chief security officer, David Reber, stepped down in August 2026, citing health reasons, and that Jensen Huang left two months later amid Megaspeed and affair allegations. The Times of India reported that NVIDIA VP John Zedlewski shared an X post recounting how Huang helped him enter a cancer clinical trial after his hospitalization; the post, viewed over 2.4 million times, defended Huang's care for staff amid his resignation and personal scandals.