‘Every one of my software engineers prefers building agents’: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang on AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has revealed how artificial intelligence is changing the way software engineers work at the company, saying several of Nvidia’s engineers are now spending less time writing Python code and more time developing AI agents.

Speaking in an interview published by Nvidia, Huang said engineers are increasingly focused on building agentic systems, benchmarks and guardrails rather than performing routine coding tasks. ‘These agentic systems are new skills, and now we have a lot of software engineers building agents. If you ask me, every one of my software engineers prefers to be building agents than to be writing Python code,’ he said.

According to Huang, AI is reducing the amount of manual coding engineers perform. Instead of writing code line by line, they are designing systems that automate repetitive tasks while still requiring creativity and technical expertise. ‘You’re taking all the mundane work, and you’re trying to get this agent to do it. That requires imagination, that requires creativity, a lot of technology,’ he added.

Huang said the shift toward AI agents is creating new kinds of work rather than simply replacing existing jobs. AI agents are designed to break complex tasks into smaller steps, with each component handling a specific function to achieve a broader objective. ‘The amount of work that we have to do to bring AI into the world is really quite incredible. So it’s creating a whole bunch of jobs. And, my software engineers love this,’ Huang noted.

The Nvidia cofounder has repeatedly said the company plans to deploy AI agents across different business functions to improve productivity, arguing that AI is creating new employment opportunities alongside changes in the nature of software engineering work.