Nvidia’s Stephen Jones on the toolkit powering GPUs: ‘A wild ride’

Nvidia’s Stephen Jones on the toolkit powering GPUs: ‘A wild ride’

By Agam Shah
Publication Date: 2026-04-14 07:00:00

Keeping in mind that you track the future of computing for CUDA, what excites you the most? “We talked about how AI is opening new doors that have never been opened before. I was at Stanford a few months ago talking to some brilliant undergrads and graduate students about their startup ideas. The energy they have for what they want to do —  realized I was envious of where they are.

“I came of age in the ‘90s, when the internet was just showing up. That was fascinating, all these things you could do with the .com. But this is an even bigger step. Everybody coming out of college now has a million choices. There’s all these things to explore that nobody’s even thought of before.

“What they do is going to feed back and change what we build as the underlying platform. I wish I could live to see all the things that they’ll do, but they’re younger than me. 

“The next 10 years is going to be wild. I’ve had a great journey, don’t get me wrong, but my God, I am envious of a 25-year-old. It’s unlimited what you can do. I wish I was 25 again.”