# Book recounts tense 2022 meeting between Anthropic and Nvidia chiefs

> An upcoming book says Dario Amodei and Jensen Huang clashed at their first meeting over Anthropic’s computing needs. The account includes reported personal jabs from both executives.

Oossa · 2026-09-29 · https://oossa.com/en/book-recounts-tense-2022-meeting-between-anthropic-and-nvidia-chiefs

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei described Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as “kind of Trump-like” after their first meeting, according to an excerpt from Kevin Roose’s forthcoming book, The AGI Chronicles. The meeting took place in May 2022 at San Francisco restaurant Eight Tables, where the executives discussed Anthropic’s need for computing power.

The account also says Huang called an Anthropic executive a “bean counter” after a comparison with Google’s TPU chips. The report offers a glimpse of friction between the companies, though the available excerpt does not provide their full discussion or either company’s response.

## The facts

- The meeting reportedly took place in May 2022 at Eight Tables in San Francisco.
- The account comes from Kevin Roose’s forthcoming book, The AGI Chronicles.

## Why it matters

The reported exchange gives context to the business tensions behind AI companies’ choices about where to get computing power.

## Sources & references

1. [Anthropic CEO described Jensen Huang as 'kind of Trump-like' during 2022 meeting](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/anthropic-ceo-described-jensen-huang-as-kind-of-trump-like-during-2022-meeting-nvidia-ceo-reportedly-called-anthropic-executive-a-bean-counter-after-google-tpu-comparison) – Tom's Hardware, 2026-09-29

Last updated: 2026-09-29