During a recent interview at the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo, Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, emphasized the critical importance of embracing artificial intelligence (AI) for businesses. According to Huang, failing to adopt AI could jeopardize a company’s survival. He described AI as a transformative force that will significantly impact chip design, software development, and supply chain operations, urging technology leaders to effectively transition their organizations into AI-driven entities in preparation for what he calls a “new industrial revolution.”
Huang stated that both CEOs and Chief Information Officers (CIOs) must start their journey with AI. He explained that it is essential for CIOs to identify effective operational strategies within their companies, after which they can explore how AI can further enhance those operations.
Nvidia is already putting this philosophy into practice by applying AI to its three core areas: chip design, software development, and supply chain management. Huang explained, “When our most influential operations run smoothly, it becomes easier to drive surrounding processes.” He referred to these AI roles as “AI chip designers” and “AI software engineers,” although he also noted that he does not foresee AI replacing Nvidia employees in the near future.
Looking ahead, Huang shared his vision of creating what he calls an “AI brain.” This involves gathering knowledge on a company’s operations, business processes, and customer interactions and then training AI on this data. The ultimate goal is to develop an AI system that enables direct communication between CIOs and CEOs. Huang asserts, “Nvidia has begun to transform all proprietary data into a form of AI; everyone should do this.”
To facilitate this transformation, Nvidia is launching a tool aimed at helping AI better interpret and “absorb” PDF documents. Traditional AI has struggled with understanding unstructured data like emails and PDFs. This advancement implies that companies will soon have “a large digital workforce,” comprising AI agents that will work alongside human employees in marketing, sales, engineering, and supply chain roles. To achieve this vision, everyone—including business technology leaders—must learn how to interact with AI effectively.
Nvidia is collaborating with software companies like SAP and ServiceNow to integrate AI agents into their systems and is also partnering with professional service firms like Accenture to develop an agent platform for private data centers. Huang commented, “You still need to write code,” emphasizing the need for structured communication with AI.
He concluded by noting that computing is becoming ubiquitous, and in the future, “accelerated computing will be everywhere, and AI will be everywhere.”
