Jensen Huang of NVIDIA told MetaEra on April 16 that AI will not replace software companies but enhance tool usage through agents. He cited Synopsys and Cadence as examples, predicting exponential growth in demand driven by agents. While current agents lack proficiency, Huang expects software firms to adapt or agents to improve. This perspective contrasts with the sentiment reflected in the Fear & Greed Index, as altcoins under observation have fluctuated amid market uncertainty. Valuations in the EDA and CAD sectors have declined, but Huang views AI as a multiplier, not a replacement.

ME News reports that on April 16 (UTC+8), according to monitoring by Beating, Jensen Huang refuted the prevailing narrative that AI will cause a collapse in software company valuations, offering an opposing view: AI agents will significantly increase usage of traditional software tools, leading to a multiplicative surge in demand rather than substitution. “What I see is the exact opposite of what most people see. The number of agents will grow exponentially, and so will the number of tool users.” He gave examples: Synopsys’s chip design compilers, Cadence’s layout tools, and design rule checkers—each instance of these tools will surge in number alongside the growth of agents. “Today, we’re limited by the number of engineers. Tomorrow, these engineers will be supported by a cohort of agents. We’ll explore the design space in ways never before possible, using the same tools we have today.” He acknowledged that current agents are not yet proficient enough at using these tools, which is why the market has not yet reflected this logic: “Either software companies build their own agents, or the agents become smart enough to use these tools. I believe both will happen.” This perspective comes against the backdrop of recent valuation declines among numerous enterprise software companies—particularly in EDA, CAD, and other engineering tool sectors—due to market expectations that AI will replace engineering work. Huang offers a different framework: AI is not the end of SaaS, but a multiplier of SaaS demand. The distinction lies in the fact that most market analyses focus on AI replacing human engineers’ output, while Huang focuses on the fact that agents themselves must invoke tools to accomplish their tasks. (Source: BlockBeats)