Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wants employees to use AI whenever they can — and he insists they shouldn’t worry about losing their jobs in the process.
In an all-hands meeting on Thursday, the day after the chipmaker reported record earnings, Huang responded to a question about managers instructing employees to use AI less.
“My understanding is Nvidia has some managers who are telling their people to use less AI,” he said at the meeting, which Business Insider listened to. “Are you insane?”
Huang said he strongly disapproved.
“I want every task that is possible to be automated with artificial intelligence to be automated with artificial intelligence,” he said. “I promise you, you will have work to do.”
Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
Nvidia isn’t alone, as tech giants have taken measures to push employees to incorporate more AI into their day-to-day work. Both Microsoft and Meta plan to evaluate employees based on their AI usage, and Google told engineers to use AI for coding, Business Insider reported. Amazon was in talks to adopt the AI coding assistant Cursor after employees requested it, according to Business Insider’s reporting.
Huang also said Nvidia’s software engineers use Cursor. And if AI does not work for a specific task, “use it until it does,” he added. “Jump in and help make it better, because we have the power to do so.”
Though fear of job loss has been a constant drumbeat amid the rise of AI, Huang suggested Nvidia employees shouldn’t worry. He said that while other tech companies have conducted layoffs, Nvidia had hired “several thousand” people last quarter, which he joked was putting a strain on office parking spaces. He added that hiring is still ramping up.
“Frankly, I think we’re probably still about 10,000 short,” Huang said, “but the pace at which we hire should be consistent with the pace at which we can integrate and harmonize the new employees.”
Nvidia has significantly expanded its workforce, increasing from 29,600 employees at the end of fiscal 2024 to 36,000 employees at the end of fiscal 2025.
As Nvidia grows, its physical footprint is expanding. Huang said at the meeting that the company has recently moved into new offices in Taipei and Shanghai and is constructing two additional sites in the US.
Nvidia has become the world’s most valuable company, with a market cap of over $4 trillion. The company reported last Wednesday that it generated $57.01 billion in revenue in the last quarter, up 62% from the same period last year.
Recently, investor Michael Burry of “The Big Short” has been taking aim at Nvidia, voicing skepticism about the AI boom. Nvidia pushed back on these criticisms in a memo to Wall Street analysts, Business Insider reported Monday.
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