When employees David Hoeller, Nikita Rudin, and Bing Xu left Nvidia to start robotics and AI chip startups, CEO Jensen Huang offered departing advice characterized by direct feedback and candor rather than pressure to stay. Huang critiqued Rudin and Hoeller's company name and warned of entrepreneurial challenges, while telling Xu that poor communication was his weakness, though he also showed personal concern for Xu's health. Nvidia later invested in Flexion Robotics, which has raised over $57 million.