• by Laurie Sullivan , Yesterday

Alison Wagonfeld, vice president of marketing for Google Cloud, has become Nvidia’s first CMO.

The chip company has dominated news headlines since 2025, primarily centered on its massive valuation, next-generation AI architecture, and complex geopolitical dealing. It continues to work with companies across the advertising industry to develop platforms and campaigns, making the move to hire its first CMO from Google, which reflects its future with ad companies.

Through partnerships with major holding companies and agencies like WPP, Nvidia developed a generative AI content engine built on Omniverse, a platform that allows creative teams to produce 2D and 3D ads in minutes rather than weeks.

Wagonfeld, who announced the move in a LinkedIn post, begins work at Nvidia in February. Her role consolidates responsibilities that had been spearheaded by multiple people. She will report to Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang. All members of Nvidia’s marketing and communications team will report to her.

Wagonfeld spent nearly 10 years at Google building its cloud services, “from a promising start-up in 2016 to a thriving [$60 billion] run-rate business today,” she wrote. “I’m excited to be joining Jensen’s leadership team in a new role heading up marketing and communications as Nvidia embarks on its next phase of growth.”

She ended her linked in post with accolades to Google, and expressed her admiration in joining another tech leader at “such a transformational time.”

Google and Nvidia share a strong partnership, and she looks forward to continued collaboration with her former employer, Wagonfeld wrote.

As an early adopter of some Nvidia platforms, Google offers GPU-powered virtual machines that are optimized for generative AI training and real-time inference.

There is no shortage of accolades from analysts on Nvidia’s position in the chip industry that supports advertising through speed, artificial intelligence, and more.

Nvidia will retain its AI dominance boosted by its acquisition of chip startup Groq for about $20 billion, and Wagonfeld will need to know how to position the outcome from that deal.

Jeffrey Wlodarczak, CEO and Internet, Media, Sports & Communications Analyst at Pivotal Research Group, wrote in a note the acquisition will help Nvidia’s graphics processing units business will continue to dominate in 2026, “capturing the lion’s share of effective AI profits.”

There have been countless case studies and reports on how Nvidia has worked with brands. Nestle achieved a 70% reduction in advertising-related costs and time by scaling digital twins for digital marketing. Coca-Cola generated thousands of hyperlocal ad variations tailored to specific markets and consumer preferences almost instantly.

While Nvidia is now a leader in AI, its evolution was built on gaming technology.