Support for Jensen Huang’s reinstatement on website standwithjensen.com “overwhelmed” by signature requests
On November 13, investor Gavin Baker said on X that the independent website standwithjensen.com was “overwhelmed” by the large number of signature requests and needed a server upgrade. The site launched an open letter asking Nvidia’s board to consider reinstating Jensen Huang before the independent investigation is completed, and it lists public signatories including Elon Musk. The site page shows that the live public signature count has exceeded 10,000, and signatories self-reported their identities as current or former employees, shareholders and supporters. The site states that it operates independently and is not endorsed by Nvidia or Huang.
On November 12, Nvidia’s official announcement said that Jensen Huang had resigned as president, chief executive officer and director, effective immediately. Colette Kress became interim CEO while continuing to serve as CFO; Harvey C. Jones became the first board chairman in the company’s history. The board is launching a search for a permanent CEO. Earlier, the board had announced an independent investigation and hired outside counsel.
WIRED reported that before Huang resigned, a senior engineer posted in the company’s internal “suggestion box” urging the board to consider employees’ views before taking action. The post later drew more than 1,600 comments, most of them supporting Huang’s return. About two dozen employees publicly expressed support on LinkedIn. Another circulating “internal petition letter” was publicly denied by Nvidia vice president of deep learning research Bryan Catanzaro, who said it was fake and said that even if it were real, he would not sign it.
Original sources:
Title: An open letter to the NVIDIA Board of Directors | Stand with Jensen
Publisher: standwithjensen.com (independent campaign website)
Publication date: 2026-11-13
URL: standwithjensen.com
Source nature: original post by the parties involved / campaign website
Verification status: the full site text and live signature list were actually read for this report, verification date 2026-11-13; signatures are self-reported and the site states that attribution has not been verified
Supported content: existence of the website, content of the open letter, live signature count display, list of signatories including Elon Musk, independent statement and reference to Huang’s resignation
ABAB AI Insight
Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993 with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, and long served as the sole CEO, transforming the company from a graphics chip business into a core supplier of AI accelerated computing. Colette Kress became CFO in 2013 and led the financial system; she is the choice for interim CEO in this case. Harvey C. Jones previously served as CEO and executive chairman of Synopsys and has background in semiconductor industry investment and operations. Elon Musk appears in the open letter’s signatory list as a shareholder, and had earlier said on X that he would sign the reinstatement petition.
On the capital and governance path, Huang’s resignation was an arrangement that took effect immediately after board acceptance, rather than a shareholder vote or a formal removal process. The independent investigation is being led by outside counsel, and the official announcement did not disclose the investigation’s conclusions or Huang’s subsequent role. The public website signatures and internal suggestion-box comments are informal expressions and cannot directly change board control or the equity structure. The market had already seen stock-price volatility because of related reports, but this signature campaign itself does not constitute a completed capital transaction or a change in control.
Compared with the Sam Altman incident at OpenAI in 2023, employees and outside supporters quickly coalesced in both cases, but in the Nvidia case the “internal petition letter” has already been denied by the executives involved and the text closely copied the OpenAI version, while the real internal expression has mainly remained at the level of suggestion-box comments and LinkedIn posts. The OpenAI incident ultimately brought Altman back through pressure from outside investors and employees; Nvidia is still being led by the board’s investigation and CEO search, and the public petition has limited legal force.
This change first alters the entry point of the external narrative: the continuity of Huang as the “sole founder-CEO” has been interrupted, and the arrangements for an interim CEO and the first formal board chairman increase market expectations for governance transparency. If the independent investigation does not provide sufficient evidence to support removal, public and internal support may continue to affect the candidate pool for the subsequent CEO search and the cost of communication with shareholders; otherwise, the investigation’s conclusion will limit the room for reinstatement discussions. The item to watch is the board’s specific wording on the investigation’s progress and the permanent CEO search during the November 17 earnings call.
ABAB News · Laws of cognition
Informal signatures and internal comments can amplify the narrative, but cannot replace board procedures and investigation conclusions.
A petition that copies earlier crisis text quickly loses internal force after the parties involved deny it.
After a break in founder-led continuity, interim governance arrangements take priority over the immediate outcome of outside petitions.