Recent events have abruptly thrust Jensen Huang back into the spotlight. On Thursday, November 12, 2026, Nvidia’s co-founder and chief executive stepped down after 33 years at the helm of the American semiconductor giant. His departure comes amid intense controversy following revelations concerning two alleged extramarital relationships, one reportedly involving a Chinese businesswoman suspected by US authorities of having ties to Beijing’s intelligence services. The allegations have raised questions about the group’s governance and potential security implications.
The news sent shockwaves through Wall Street. Over the course of the week, the group lost approximately $550 billion in market capitalization, as the revelations combined with uncertainty surrounding its future. The turmoil also weighed on American technology stocks, reflecting Nvidia’s central position in the global artificial intelligence ecosystem.
Against this backdrop, Mohamed Benouda’s two encounters with Jensen Huang have taken on particular significance. In Paris in June 2025, and then in Berlin in October 2026, the founder and chairman of ABA Technology had the opportunity to present a technology developed by his group to Nvidia’s chief executive and gauge his interest in its progress. Between the two meetings, ABA Technology strengthened its ties with the American giant, eventually joining its global partner network. These exchanges have acquired an added dimension today, given that Huang was, until just days ago, one of the most influential figures in the global technology industry.
On the sidelines of GTC Berlin on October 20, 2026, Mohamed Benouda met with Nvidia CEO and founder Jensen Huang as the Moroccan group showcased its new 'Fusion AI In-a-Box' platform.
The story deserves to be told. Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, the American company has become an indispensable player in artificial intelligence, notably through its graphics processors and accelerated computing infrastructure. Its chief executive became one of the most emblematic figures of this technological revolution.
The relationship between ABA Technology and Nvidia developed in stages. The Moroccan group began pursuing closer technological cooperation with Nvidia in 2024. In November 2025, it reached a new milestone by joining the NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN) as a Solution Provider. This recognition brought it into the American giant’s international partner ecosystem.
Founded and led by Mohamed Benouda, ABA Technology operates in digital and industrial technologies, at the intersection of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and industrial and defense systems. Its ambition is to design and deploy solutions that address the practical needs of businesses and organizations while developing technological expertise in Morocco.
It was with this objective in mind that the Fusion Computing System was conceived, subsequently becoming the foundation of the new Fusion AI In-a-Box offering. It is an entrepreneurial and technological journey that its founder was able to discuss directly with Jensen Huang.
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The first meeting took place on June 11, 2025, during an evening event organized by Nvidia as part of GTC Paris. The American group had brought together its international technology partners to present its strategic direction and discuss ongoing projects.
Mohamed Benouda remembers a particularly relaxed atmosphere.
“Jensen spoke informally, with a remarkable ability to make complex technological subjects accessible. I was sitting in the front row. At the end of his remarks, I approached him and we discussed the Fusion Computing System we were developing at ABA Technology.”
An initial contact had already paved the way in 2024. ABA Technology’s teams had begun working with the Nvidia ecosystem that year. The Moroccan group had presented its innovation to Deepu Talla, Vice President and General Manager of Robotics and Edge Computing.
“Our idea was to bring together different computing capabilities—GPU, CPU and NPU—in a single box, enabling organizations to deploy their own artificial intelligence solutions, particularly using open models, while retaining control over their data and operations.”
The concept caught Deepu Talla’s attention, and he encouraged the company to continue working with his teams, particularly Davide and Charbel.
“So when I approached Jensen in Paris, I was able to talk to him about a project that was already progressing with his colleagues.”
Beyond the professional exchange, Mohamed Benouda retains a vivid memory of Jensen Huang’s personality.
“A smiling, cheerful and extremely courteous man. That was what immediately struck me. Here was someone who occupies an enormous place in the global technological transformation, yet the conversation remained simple and natural.”
He continues: “His vision is impressive, of course. But in a personal encounter, it is also the little things you remember: the way he welcomes you, listens to what you are presenting and engages in conversation… That first evening left me with the memory of an approachable leader who clearly still takes pleasure in talking about technology and what can be built with it.”
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Between that first encounter and the meeting in Berlin, ABA Technology continued to deepen its relationship with the American group.
In November 2025, the Moroccan company announced that it had joined the NVIDIA Partner Network as a Solution Provider. This milestone consolidated the alliance initiated a year earlier and established ABA Technology within Nvidia’s international partner ecosystem.
For the Moroccan group, the objective is to harness the American giant’s technologies and infrastructure to develop its own artificial intelligence solutions, tailored in particular to the needs of businesses and public-sector organizations.
The ambition is also to build local expertise across the entire AI value chain, ensuring that businesses and public institutions are not systematically dependent on external platforms to make use of their data.
With this in mind, ABA Technology launched Fusion AI In-a-Box in April 2026, a new generation of solutions combining artificial intelligence software and computing infrastructure.
Berlin: The moment of the “To ABA” signature
The second meeting with Jensen Huang took place on October 20, 2026, at GTC Berlin. This time, Mohamed Benouda arrived with a tangible achievement to present.
“In the meantime, our project had evolved considerably. We had officially launched Fusion AI In-a-Box in April 2026, with two complementary applications: a Factory to transform business needs into validated, deployable AI solutions, and an Execution platform to run those solutions end to end, from data to applications, including models, agents and workflows.”
Presenting this technology at Nvidia’s major international gathering marked an important milestone for the Moroccan teams.
“At Nvidia, the standards of technological excellence are extremely high. To sustain a collaboration and contribute to designing projects, you have to make progress, demonstrate results and bring something to the table. Presenting our work in that setting was therefore particularly important for our teams.”
But perhaps the most memorable moment of the encounter was captured on video. Jensen Huang signed ABA Technology’s box and added a short dedication: “To ABA.”
The gesture carried symbolic significance for Mohamed Benouda and his teams, who had championed the project from its earliest stages. “For those of us who had carried the project forward from the beginning, it was a moment of pride and emotion.”
Behind that moment, however, was above all a discussion about the technology being presented. “Jensen Huang wanted to understand its features, the market we were targeting and how we had brought artificial intelligence software and computing infrastructure together in a single system.”
“I felt that he particularly appreciated our determination to industrialize the development of AI solutions: reducing the time needed to turn a business requirement into an operational application while also gaining better control over running costs, particularly the cost per token,” Benouda adds.
The discussion also touched on the technology’s international prospects.
“He encouraged us to target the global market. We spoke in particular about our positioning in sovereign AI, which he saw as a direction for the future. Receiving that encouragement at this stage of our journey meant a great deal to us.”
Morocco at the heart of the conversation
Another dimension of the meeting concerned Morocco itself. Mohamed Benouda explains that he wanted to use the opportunity to introduce Jensen Huang to the Kingdom’s economic and industrial transformation, as well as its ambitions in artificial intelligence.
“We told him that, to our knowledge, we were the only African partner present in that setting.” The entrepreneur highlighted the Kingdom’s strengths, particularly its human capital, industrial capabilities and logistics infrastructure.
“I spoke to him about Moroccan talent and the transformation our country is undergoing under the leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. I mentioned the automotive and aerospace industries and infrastructure, particularly Tanger Med, as well as the fact that we now have a ministry for AI and that His Majesty has identified the sector as critical and strategic for the country. These are examples that demonstrate Morocco’s ability to build industrial and digital ecosystems and secure its place in global value chains.”
For Mohamed Benouda, the stakes extend far beyond his company’s commercial success.
“The conversation touched on an ambition that is particularly close to my heart: making Morocco a true artificial intelligence nation, capable of playing a leading role at the regional level.”
Achieving that ambition, he believes, requires several conditions to be met: training skilled professionals, developing computing capacity, nurturing domestic technology companies and enabling start-ups to design their own solutions.
“Morocco can develop expertise across the entire AI value chain, from data and computing to models, agents and application execution.”
Mohamed Benouda is nevertheless keen to emphasise that the relationship with Nvidia is not based solely on his meetings with its founder.
“The relationship was built over time with Nvidia’s teams. They played an important role from the moment we presented our concept in 2024, and our subsequent exchanges with his colleagues enabled us to continue developing it.”
The two meetings with Jensen Huang nevertheless gave the story a special dimension.
“In Paris, I was presenting our approach to him. In Berlin, I could show him what it had become.”
The “To ABA” signature will undoubtedly remain the most memorable image from the two encounters. But the Moroccan group’s founder insists on what he considers the real significance of the meeting. “What I will remember above all is the discussion about the product, the questions he asked us and his encouragement to take our ambitions onto the international stage. I also see it as a form of recognition of our teams’ ability to deliver, the quality of our work and the pioneering spirit driving Fusion AI. For a Moroccan team building its own technology, these are moments that matter,” Benouda concludes.
