Nvidia CEO: Smart, successful people struggle with these 2 traits—but they kept my $2 trillion company from collapsing

It’s never easy to admit you made a mistake, or ask for help fixing it — but doing both of those things once saved tech giant Nvidia from collapse, according to CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang.

Nvidia is currently valued at more than $2.2 trillion, powered partially by the tech industry’s artificial intelligence boom and high demand for its computer chips. But in 1996, it was three years old, facing layoffs and close to going out of business as a contract with a major partner — video game company Sega — fell apart.