'Are you insane?': Billionaire CEO Jensen Huang blasts Nvidia managers who are 'telling their people to use less AI'
Fortune
Nvidia all-hands meeting (internal; audio obtained and reported by Business Insider)
“My understanding is Nvidia has some managers who are telling their people to use less AI ... Are you insane? ... I want every task that is possible to be automated with artificial intelligence to be automated with artificial intelligence ... I promise you, you will have work to do.”
Jensen Huang20 November 2025- What you'll lose3/5
Every task that can be automated, automated.
- Condescension3/5
'Are you insane?'
- Tone-deafness2/5
Said internally, after a record quarter.
- Doom0/5
None.
- Hypocrisy0/5
None.
Full time8 pitchforksof a possible 25
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The occasion
Nvidia all-hands meeting (internal; audio obtained and reported by Business Insider), 20 November 2025.
Context
At an all-hands meeting on the Thursday after Nvidia's record quarter (Fortune: 'last Thursday', in an article of 2025-11-25), Huang reacted to reports that some managers were telling staff to use less AI and told employees AI would help them rather than replace them. The meeting was internal; Business Insider listened to a recording and Fortune and others reported it from 2025-11-25.
Crowd reaction
Critical commentary
Futurism (2025-11-26) mocks the demand ('Don't use AI to do literally everything? You might want to get your head checked, according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang') and calls it 'a hard line for Huang to be taking' given there is no consensus that AI coding tools make workers more productive. Mild: the coverage is mostly straight reporting, and the owner's call is to include it.
- Fortune: 'Are you insane?': Billionaire CEO Jensen Huang blasts Nvidia managers who are 'telling their people to use less AI'
- Business Insider (via AOL): In leaked recording, Nvidia CEO says it's 'insane' some of his managers aren't going all in on AI
- Tom's Hardware: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang allegedly asks managers discouraging AI use: 'Are you insane?' — assures employees their jobs aren't at risk because of AI
- Futurism: Nvidia CEO Says You're "Insane" If You Don't Use AI to Do Literally Everything
- Where the exact words are printed