Nvidia Adds Record $150 Billion to Stock Buyback Plan: What It Says About the AI Boom

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The chipmaker has added $150 billion to its share-repurchase authorization, bringing the remaining total to $235 billion. Image: Nvidia

Nvidia adds a record $150 billion to its stock buyback authorization, bringing the remaining total to $235 billion as AI infrastructure revenue surges.

Sep 29, 2026

Nvidia has found another use for the mountain of cash generated by the AI boom: buying back more of its own stock.

The chipmaker announced Monday that its board authorized an additional $150 billion for share repurchases, increasing the amount remaining under its buyback program to $235 billion. Nvidia called it the largest share-repurchase authorization increase in history and said it expects to execute the remaining program through fiscal 2028.

The number is enormous even by Big Tech standards. But beyond its potential impact on shareholders, the authorization offers another measure of the financial firepower the AI infrastructure boom has given...

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