Bowen Yang Returns to SNL as Jensen Huang in John Mulaney’s Tech Billionaire Sketch

Bowen Yang returned unexpectedly to “Saturday Night Live,” portraying Nvidia’s Jensen Huang in a cold open led by host John Mulaney. The sketch imagined a CIA training session for technology billionaires, with Mulaney playing an agent tasked with teaching the group how to identify women who might be targeting them for espionage.

Set in a CIA conference room, the opening brought together comic versions of some of the technology industry’s most influential figures. The premise centered on a lesson about honeytraps, with the agent trying to explain the distinction between genuine romantic interest and an approach by a potential spy.

Mulaney’s character delivered his briefing with a pointer, a monitor and a series of Venn diagrams. The visual jokes suggested there was no overlap between attractive women and women interested in the assembled billionaires. The classroom setup gave the sketch a framework for mocking the executives’ romantic judgment alongside their broader influence over politics and culture.

The ensemble included James Austin Johnson as Peter Thiel and Andrew Dismukes as Mark Zuckerberg. Jane Wickline portrayed Anthropic chief Dario Amodei, while Jeremy Culhane took on Elon Musk. Ben Marshall rounded out the group as OpenAI chief Sam Altman, placing several prominent technology leaders together for the fictional intelligence briefing.

Yang entered near the end as Huang, becoming the focus of the sketch’s closing exchanges. His portrayal suggested that rejection by women had helped shape the billionaires’ personalities. Mulaney’s agent also greeted Huang with a joke connecting his arrival to a falling S&P 500.

The sketch referenced the scandal surrounding Huang’s reported admission of a romantic relationship with a woman believed to be a Chinese spy. According to the source report, Huang resigned under pressure from Nvidia, the company he had built over more than three decades. The report also described subsequent allegations that Huang, who is married, had relationships with two Nvidia employees.

The episode marked Mulaney’s seventh appearance as host, following his most recent hosting engagement in November 2024. A former writer on the show, he is promoting Amazon Prime Video’s John Madden biopic, scheduled to arrive on the streaming service and in limited theaters on November 18. He is also performing his “Mister Whatever” stand-up tour.

Phoebe Bridgers was scheduled for her second appearance as the program’s musical guest. The multiple Grammy winner is touring in support of her latest album, “Lost Weekend.”