Nvidia CEO: Pay Workers as Much as You Can
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said companies should pay employees as much as possible, as the AI boom continues generating huge profits across the chip industry.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said companies should pay employees as much as possible, as the AI boom continues generating huge profits across the chip industry.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Computex technology conference in Taipei, Huang was asked about a high-profile labor dispute at Samsung Electronics. While he said he was not an expert on the issue, he made clear that he believes workers should share in the success of the companies driving the AI revolution.
“I think people should be compensated as much as possible,” Huang said. “I pay my employees as much as I can.”
His remarks come as technology giants face growing criticism over whether the gains from the AI surge are being distributed fairly between shareholders, executives and employees. Nvidia has become one of the biggest winners of the AI race, as demand for its advanced chips continues to soar.
The comments followed Samsung’s efforts to prevent a strike in its chip division through a new agreement that includes bonuses worth 10.5% of the division’s operating profit, along with an average 6.2% pay increase for around 78,000 workers.
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC has also moved to calm worker concerns, promising to increase incentives in the coming years as demand for AI chips remains strong.
Huang also rejected claims that artificial intelligence will lead to widespread job losses. He said the opposite is happening in key parts of the technology sector, with rising demand for engineers and software developers because of the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure and tools.
“That is simply not true,” Huang said of the claim that AI will eliminate large numbers of jobs.
At the same event, Huang also unveiled RTX Spark, a new personal computing platform developed with Microsoft and MediaTek. Nvidia says the platform is designed for a new generation of PCs built around personal AI agents.
The system combines Nvidia’s advanced Blackwell graphics processor with a 20-core Grace processor, offering up to one petaflop of AI performance and unified memory of up to 128 gigabytes.
The first RTX Spark-based computers are expected to reach the market in fall 2026, including a new Microsoft Surface model, alongside devices from manufacturers such as Asus, Lenovo and Acer.