Nvidia’s Workforce Hits 4,000 with 200 Hires for AI Car Development
Nvidia hires 200 new employees in China for self-driving car research and development, bringing its global workforce to 4,000, a 25% increase from 2022, according to Bloomberg.
Bloomberg says that Nvidia has hired 200 more people in China to work on researching and making cars that can drive themselves. This will bring the company’s total number of employees around the world to about 4,000, up 25% from 2022.
Nvidia has been interested in self-driving cars for a while now. Nvidia has been working on car technology since at least 2015. In 2016, it showed off a chip for self-driving cars that had a GPU and eight CPU cores. In 2017, it showcased its technology in a car named BB8 at CES.
Nvidia has kept selling products in China even though the US has trade restrictions. Nvidia reportedly developed special chips specifically for China to adhere to these trade restrictions.
Nvidia also said on social media that recent rumors that the company would stop sending supplies to China are not true. As promised, the business said it still sees China as an important market and will keep selling goods there.
It has also continued to make more money from China. According to data shared by Bloomberg, Nvidia now makes more than $5 billion every three months just from China.
Nvidia Reaffirms Commitment to China Amid Antitrust Probe
Nvidia renewed its commitment to the Chinese market just a few days after Chinese regulators said they were looking into the US chip company for possible antitrust violations related to its purchase of the computer hardware company Mellanox.
In the realm of self-driving cars, Nvidia will face competition from established Chinese and American robotaxi companies, unless it intends to sell them parts.
Alphabet-owned Waymo has put its robotaxis on the streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix and raised $5.6 billion this year. Meanwhile, GM-backed Cruise recently announced its permanent shutdown. The Tesla Robotaxis is also coming soon.
