By Sophie Shulman
Publication Date: 2025-12-11 19:53:00
Avinatan Or and his partner, Noa Argamani, met on Thursday for the first time with Nvidia CEO and founder Jensen Huang, at the company’s U.S. headquarters. The meeting was organized by Amit Krig, Senior Vice President for Networking Software and head of Nvidia Israel. It was also attended by members of Nvidia’s Israeli management team, who are currently at the company’s headquarters for professional meetings.
“I am profoundly moved and deeply grateful to share that, just moments ago, our colleague, Avinatan Or, was released to the Red Cross in Gaza,” Huang wrote to employees following his release in October. “After two unimaginable years in Hamas captivity, Avinatan has come home.”
The release of Or, a 32-year-old electrical engineer at Nvidia’s Tel Aviv research center, marked one of the most emotional moments for the company since the October 7 attacks. Or was kidnapped from the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Reim along with his partner, Noa Argamani, who was freed in a military rescue operation in June. His freedom came 738 days after he was taken hostage and as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.
“הם מתכננים לראות את העולם”: המפגש של אבינתן אור ובת זוגו נועה ארגמני עם ג’נסן הואנג, מנכ”ל ומייסד אנבידיה, ובכירי החברה במטה…