SHANGHAI - The former vice president of autonomous driving at Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng, Wu Xinzhou, is joining U.S. artificial intelligence giant Nvidia, Wu said on Thursday.
Wu did not disclose what role he was taking up at Nvidia but Chinese media outlet Jiemian News said he would become its head of automotive products. It did not give a source for the news.
Wu did not immediately respond to a request for further details from Reuters. Nvidia also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Wu, who resigned from Xpeng this month, said on his Weibo account that he had joined Nvidia, posting a photo of himself alongside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Xpeng's chairman He Xiaopeng.