Tech workers have always been paid in two currencies: salary and stock options. Now, there’s a third currency entering the chat: compute.
Last week, Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang floated a new compensation idea that could fundamentally change how white-collar workers get paid. Instead of just earning a monthly paycheck, Huang’s idea is to give staff an annual budget of artificial intelligence (AI) tokens. That means Nvidia would essentially be giving its employees prepaid access to the world’s most powerful AI agents and systems.
