Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company’s software engineers increasingly prefer building AI “agents” rather than writing traditional code. Across reporting, Huang describes this as a shift in how his team works, with engineers spending less time writing scripts and more time developing agentic systems that can perform tasks and interact with tools or workflows.
Business Insider and The Next Web both frame Huang’s comments as a positive change in the engineers’ day-to-day role. Huang characterizes the trend as an evolution of responsibilities—engineers are using AI to create systems that can take actions—rather than as an effort to replace programming work. The Next Web specifically notes that Huang contrasts agent development with writing Python code, presenting the change as an upgrade to their work rather than a threat to their skills.
Both sources agree on the core message: Nvidia’s leadership portrays agent-building as aligning with engineers’ preferences and as reflecting AI’s impact on software development practices.
