Jensen Huang wants Nvidia employees to use AI for every task

Even the company selling the world on automation can’t always get its own people to hit “go.” After Nvidia’s recent record earnings, an internal all-hands meeting — part pep-talk and part culture intervention — reportedly turned sharp when CEO Jensen Huang blasted reports that some managers were telling teams to use less AI and responded by demanding automation anywhere the technology can reach.

“My understanding is Nvidia has some managers who are telling their people to use less AI,” he reportedly said at the meeting, according to Business Insider, which was able to listen to it. “Are you insane?” He reportedly told employees, “I want every task that is possible to be automated with artificial intelligence to be automated with artificial intelligence” and told staff to use AI even if it doesn’t work yet — to use tools “until it does” and “jump in and help make it better.”

In the meeting, Huang addressed what Business Insider described as pockets of internal pushback.

Huang framed AI as the baseline skill that keeps people relevant as the company scales, not as a threat, reportedly reassuring the room, “I promise you, you will have work to do,” and pointing to the company’s aggressive hiring streak. Nvidia’s workforce has climbed from roughly 29,600 employees at the end of fiscal 2024 to about 36,000 a year later, and Huang reportedly said in the all-hands meeting that Nvidia is still “probably still about 10,000 short” of…