Nvidia hires 2 top Chinese AI experts to make its AI smarter

Nvidia, the world’s leading AI chipmaker, has just brought two top artificial intelligence (AI) researchers on board — both originally from China. This move highlights how Chinese talent is playing an increasingly big role in the global AI race.

Zhu Banghua and Jiao Jiantao, both graduates of China’s prestigious Tsinghua University, announced their new roles at Nvidia on social media. They even shared photos with Nvidia’s famous CEO, Jensen Huang.

Zhu recently completed his PhD at UC Berkeley and will now work as a principal research scientist on Nvidia’s Nemotron team — the group responsible for building powerful AI agents capable of handling tasks like coding, reasoning, and processing both text and visuals. Zhu also teaches as an assistant professor at the University of Washington.

“We’re focusing on improving how AI models learn after training, how they’re evaluated, and how we build AI systems that can act more like humans,” Zhu shared on X. He also said the team is committed to open-sourcing much of its work.