A senior Nvidia executive has blown the lid off one of artificial intelligence's most closely guarded realities: the cost of compute now far exceeds the salaries paid to his own team.
Bryan Catanzaro, vice president of applied deep learning at Nvidia, told Axios that 'for my team, the cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees'. The comments, reported on 26 April 2026, have ignited debate about AI's insane hidden price tag as companies continue to invest heavily in the technology.
