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At GTC Berlin, CEO Jensen Huang cited roughly $2,000 per GPU per year to run Nvidia's agent software, as the firm leans further into software revenue.
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Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has given a rough indication of what the company's AI software could cost customers, pointing to about $2,000 per GPU per year to run the software that powers agents in what he called AI factories. He made the remark during a Q&A session at GTC Berlin on October 22, according to coverage by Tom's Hardware, which attributed the figure to a video of his comments. The Register was first to report the number, per TechPowerUp.
Huang framed software licensing as a growing portion of Nvidia's business. Tom's Hardware quoted him saying: "Software licensing will become increasingly a major part of our company's business. The way that we license will be…for example, it's about $2,000 per GPU per year to run all the software that Nvidia provides that runs agents on these AI factories."
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