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Move Over, Unlimited PTO: The New ‘Must-Have’ AI Perk Taking Over Silicon Valley

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19.03.2026

Move Over, Unlimited PTO: The New ‘Must-Have’ AI Perk Taking Over Silicon Valley

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang proposes offering engineers token budgets for AI use.

BY KAYLA WEBSTER, STAFF EDITOR

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Illustration: Inc; Photo: Getty Images

If you’re a tech company looking to hire talented engineers, base pay and equity payouts may not be enough to get candidates to join your company. 

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicted a new must-have perk will emerge in Silicon Valley: AI token budgets. Engineers need tokens to use AI for complicated projects—the average consumer does not need them to ask AI questions or to generate images.

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