This week, Nvidia became the first company in history to be worth $4 trillion. It’s a number so large it’s almost meaningless, more than the entire economy of Germany or the United Kingdom. While Wall Street celebrates, the question for everyone else is simple: So what?
The answer, according to Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang, is that this is not just about stock prices. It’s about a fundamental rewiring of our world.
So why is this one company so important? In the simplest terms, Nvidia makes the “brains” for artificial intelligence. Their advanced chips, known as GPUs, are the engines that power everything from ChatGPT to the complex AI models being built by Google and Microsoft. In the global gold rush for AI, Nvidia is selling all the picks and shovels, and it has made them the most powerful company on the planet.
In a wide ranging interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Huang, the company’s leather jacket clad founder, explained what this new era of AI, powered by his chips, will mean for ordinary people.
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Huang didn’t sugarcoat it. “Everybody’s jobs will be affected, “Everybody’s jobs will be affected. Some jobs will be lost,” he said. Some will disappear. Others will be reborn. The hope, he said, is that AI will boost productivity so dramatically that society becomes richer overall, even if the disruption is painful along the way.
He admitted the stakes are high. A recent World Economic Forum survey found that 41% of employers plan to reduce their workforce by 2030 because of AI. And inside Nvidia itself, Huang said, using AI isn’t just encouraged. It’s mandatory. One of Huang’s boldest claims is that AI’s future depends on America learning to build things again. He offered surprising support for the Trump administration’s push to re-industrialize the country, calling it not just a smart political move but an economic necessity.
“That passion, the skill, the craft of making things; the ability to make things is valuable for economic growth. It’s valuable for a stable society with people who can create a wonderful life and a wonderful career without having to get a PhD in physics,” he said. Huang believes that onshoring manufacturing will strengthen national security, reduce reliance on foreign chipmakers like Taiwan’s TSMC, and open high-paying jobs to workers without advanced degrees.
This stance aligns with Trump’s tariffs and “Made in America” push, a rare moment of agreement between Big Tech and MAGA world.
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