Jensen Huang on AI employment
From Nvidia Computex 2026 Keynote | Jensen Huang Reveals AI Roadmap & Global Tech Impact | Taiwan · · ET Now World
“The number of engineers, software engineers is actually increasing. People talk about AI reducing jobs. Complete nonsense. It's causing more software engineers to be hired. And the reason for that is very simple. If you can hire a software engineer and you could generate $9 trillion worth of productive work, why would you want to hire more software engineers? If that line was flat, then obviously people will hire fewer software engineers. But because the output is so incredible, people want to hire more software engineers.”
On , Jensen Huang, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President & Director at NVIDIA, spoke about AI employment during Nvidia Computex 2026 Keynote | Jensen Huang Reveals AI Roadmap & Global Tech Impact | Taiwan on ET Now World.
About Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, has been active in several public appearances in mid-2026, primarily discussing the state of the AI industry and Nvidia's product roadmap. At Computex 2026 in Taipei, Huang announced the RTX Spark, a new superchip for Windows PCs developed in partnership with Microsoft, which he described as a reinvention of the personal computer for the era of AI agents. He also stated that Nvidia's new Vera Rubin architecture, including Vera CPUs for data centers, is in full production and positioned it as a major growth driver designed to run agentic AI workloads. During a visit to South Korea, Huang said the AI buildout is accelerating and that the second half of the year would be much larger than the first, while also noting that robotics is a major sector for investment in Korea. Huang has also addressed the impact of AI on employment, calling claims that AI reduces jobs "complete nonsense." He cited GitHub data showing that software code commits have nearly tripled in early 2026, arguing that AI is increasing the productivity of software engineers and leading to more hiring. In a conversation with former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Huang described his personal story as an immigrant from Taiwan as an "only in America story," attributing Nvidia's success to the opportunities and freedoms available in the United States. He has also described the current AI infrastructure buildout as a "five-layer cake" starting with energy, and stated that "compute is revenue now" for companies operating AI factories.