# Nvidia Guides to $108 Billion With No China Sales as Huang Rejects a Tax on AI Tokens

Second-quarter revenue reached $96.2 billion, up 106% from a year earlier, two days before the chief executive publicly dismissed Bill Gates's proposal to tax robots and model output.

- Published: 2026-08-30T06:24:05.945Z
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Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of $96.2 billion, up 106% from a year earlier and 18% sequentially, with data-center revenue at $89.0 billion on the ramp of Blackwell Ultra systems. The company guided to $108 billion for the current quart…

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