Former Nvidia Leaders’ EverGreen Backs AI Startups Linked to Chipmaker

Former Nvidia Leaders’ EverGreen Backs AI Startups Linked to Chipmaker

When Greg Estes left Nvidia last year after nearly 16 years, he expected to enjoy retirement. Instead, he found himself missing the work, the people and the pace of the AI startup world he had helped build. “It’s really hard to go from a job like that, doing amazing things, and you just stop, and you’re unemployed, looking at avocados at Safeway,” Estes told Business Insider, which chronicled how former Nvidia executives and engineers launched E…

Nvidia Alumni Forge EverGreen Network to Fund and Guide Next Wave of AI Builders

Greg Estes spent years inside Nvidia as vice president of corporate marketing and developer programs. He stood close to CEO Jensen Huang. He helped shape the company’s outreach to the developers who would ultimately power its explosive growth in artificial intelligence. Then he retired. The transition hit harder than expected. “It’s really hard to go from a job like that, doing amazing things, and you just stop, and you’re unemployed, looking at…