Nvidia CEO: Pay Workers 'As Much As Possible', Unveils RTX Spark

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has weighed in on the growing debate over how the massive profits generated by the artificial intelligence boom should be shared with the workforce. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Computex 2026 trade show in Taipei, Huang stated that companies should pay their employees "as much as possible."

Sharing the AI Wealth

When asked about recent labor disputes in the semiconductor industry such as the situation at Samsung Electronics where chip workers threatened to strike over compensation Huang emphasized his commitment to his own workforce.

"I'm not an expert in that area," Huang noted. "I think people should be paid as much as possible. I pay my employees as much as I can."

His comments come at a critical time for the tech industry, which faces mounting pressure to distribute record-breaking AI profits with the workers building the foundational hardware. Recently, Samsung narrowly averted a strike by agreeing to allocate 10.5 percent of chip division operating profits as special bonuses, while TSMC has also reassured workers about growing incentive programs.

Introducing the RTX Spark Platform

Alongside his comments on compensation, Huang unveiled RTX Spark, a new superchip developed in collaboration with Microsoft and MediaTek. Designed to "reinvent Windows PCs for the era of personal AI agents," the RTX Spark platform promises a massive leap forward for consumer hardware.

The system combines an Nvidia RTX Blackwell GPU with a 20-core Nvidia Grace CPU, delivering what Nvidia claims is one petaflop of AI performance coupled with up to 128 gigabytes of unified memory. Consumers can expect the first laptops powered by RTX Spark, including the upcoming Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra and machines from Asus, Lenovo, and Acer, to hit the market in the fall of 2026.

AI and the Future of Jobs

Addressing widespread fears that artificial intelligence will lead to mass unemployment in the tech sector, Huang dismissed the concerns as "complete nonsense." Instead, he argued that the technology is actively driving job growth rather than shrinking it.

"The number of engineers, software engineers, is actually increasing," Huang said, suggesting that the AI boom is creating far more opportunities than it is replacing.