Jensen Huang says he would be 'deeply alarmed' if his $500,000 engineer did not consume at least $250,000 of tokens

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"If that $500,000 engineer did not consume at least $250,000 worth of tokens, I am going to be deeply alarmed," says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

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Andrej Karpathy says he's using his Jensen Huang hand-signed Nvidia chip system to power his Clawbot 'Dobby'

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hand-delivered the company's first DGX Station to OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy's lab

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Would you pay $178 for a Jensen Huang sweater?

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Jensen Huang-emblazoned sweaters are on sale at GTC for $178.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang can't stop talking about tokens. Here's what they are and how they're reshaping AI budgets.

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Jensen Huang floated AI tokens as part of engineers' compensation. Sam Altman says they could one day be a form of universal basic income.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang celebrated an analysis that showed his company is the world leader in token costs, claiming the title of "Token King."

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Nvidia is getting in on the OpenClaw craze with its own spin on the AI agent: NemoClaw

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang heaped praise on OpenClaw, which has taken Silicon Valley by storm.

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Jensen Huang floats giving engineers tokens worth half their annual salary on top of pay as a recruiting strategy

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Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang speaks during a keynote address at Nvidia's GTC Conference on March 16, 2026 in San Jose, California. Nvidia's GTC Conference focuses on recent developments and future uses of AI. (Photo by Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)
Nvidia's Jensen Huang becomes the first high-profile CEO to float tokens as a recruitment strategy.

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Nvidia expects to sell $1 trillion in AI chips through 2027 — and it's pushing further into inference

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Nvidia cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang

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Nvidia's rivals are multiplying. These are the key competitors trying to break its grip.

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Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and AMD CEO Lisa Su
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and AMD CEO Lisa Su.

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4 burning questions hanging over Nvidia's GTC summit next week

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Nvidia cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang.

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