Even billionaire CEOs have deep-seated worries. That’s part of what drives his success.

Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of the U.S. chip maker Nvidia, said that he operates in a constant “state of anxiety,” fearing the company could go bankrupt at any moment.

Advanced Micro Devices has long been one of Nvidia's top competitors, but now there's renewed competition from some of Nvidia's biggest customers, such as Alphabet ( GOOG 1.03%) ( GOOGL 1.03%) and Amazon ( AMZN 1.80%), that are looking to earn revenue from selling their own custom semiconductors rather than pumping billions into Nvidia's coffers.

WASHINGTON — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met separately with President Donald Trump and Republican senators Wednesday as tech executives work to secure favorable federal policies for the artificial intelligence industry, including the limited sale of Nvidia's highly valued computer chips to U.S. rivals like China.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Joe Rogan how the fear of failure is a "greater drive" than the desire to succeed while running his company.

JEN-HSUN HUANG co-founded NVIDIA Corporation in 1993 and has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors since its inception. He spoke with the Wall Street Transcript on the record in July of 2000.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, despite leading his company to a $5 trillion valuation, lives in constant anxiety, a fear rooted in a near-bankruptcy experie

In a wide-ranging interview, Huang claims AI growth is gradual, powerful and already changing global power dynamics.

The same story is playing out at Microsoft. CEO Satya Nadella similarly claims that over a quarter of the company’s code is written with AI, and as Fortune notes, echoed Google’s marching orders by telling its programmers this summer that using AI is “no longer optional.”

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expressed his excitement about investing in Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, regretting not investing more. Huang recounted person

The data center and semiconductor specialist just provided the clearest evidence yet that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to gain steam.