Jim Chanos Challenges Jensen Huang Over Nvidia's 'Highly Rentable' AI Chips: 'Why Not Rent Them Out Yourself?'

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Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s computing hardware is a “durable and highly rentable” asset, prompting short seller Jim Chanos to ask why the company doesn’t rent the chips directly to customers. The Rental Debate The exchange began on X when Huang responded to market data showing price increases for older artificial intelligence hardware. “NVIDIA compute is fungible, durable and highly rentable,” Huang wrote. “It is a productive, revenue-generating asset.” Chanos