Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claims that he wants his employees to use AI as much as possible, and they don’t have to worry about losing their jobs in the process.
At an all-hands meeting Thursday, a day after the chipmaker reported record profits, Huang responded to a question about managers telling employees to reduce their use of AI.
“My understanding is that there are executives at NVIDIA who are directing their employees to reduce their use of AI,” he said in a meeting heard by Business Insider. “Are you sane?”
Mr. Huang said he strongly opposed it.
“We want to use artificial intelligence to automate any task that can be automated with artificial intelligence,” he said. “I promise, you’ll have work to do.”
Nvidia did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.
Nvidia isn’t alone, as the tech giant is taking steps to encourage employees to incorporate more AI into their daily work. Both Microsoft and Meta plan to evaluate employees based on their use of AI, and Google has instructed its engineers to use AI in their coding, Business Insider reported. According to a report from Business Insider, Amazon was in talks to hire an AI coding assistant called Cursor in response to requests from employees.
Huang also said that Nvidia’s software engineers are using Cursor. And if AI doesn’t work for a particular task, “we’ll use it until it does,” he added. “Jump in and help make things better, because we have the power to do so.”
While fears of job losses are constantly echoing amid the rise of AI, Huang suggested that Nvidia employees don’t need to worry. He said Nvidia hired “thousands” of people last quarter while other tech companies were cutting jobs, joking that that was putting a strain on office parking. He added that employment is still increasing.
“Frankly, I think we’re probably still short by about 10,000 people. But the pace of hiring has to match the pace of integrating and harmonizing new employees,” Huang said.
Nvidia has significantly expanded its workforce, increasing from 29,600 employees at the end of fiscal year 2024 to 36,000 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025.
As Nvidia grows, so does its physical footprint. Huang said at the conference that the company recently moved into new offices in Taipei and Shanghai, and is building two more locations in the United States.
Nvidia has become the world’s most valuable company with a market capitalization of over $4 trillion. The company reported last Wednesday that its revenue for the last quarter was $57.01 billion, an increase of 62% from the same period last year.
Recently, The Big Short investor Michael Varley took aim at Nvidia, expressing skepticism about the AI boom. Business Insider reported on Monday that NVIDIA refuted these criticisms in a memo to Wall Street analysts.
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