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NVIDIA GTC Underway, Jensen Huang Set To Deliver Keynote

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  • Jensen Huang will deliver the keynote at the NVIDIA GTC today at 11 a.m. PST at the SAP Center, where thousands are expected to gather for one of the industry’s most closely watched AI events.
  • A GTC Live preshow beginning at 8 a.m. PST will feature investors and technology leaders discussing the shift from general-purpose computing to accelerated computing and the infrastructure behind the global AI buildout.
  • Speakers include executives from Palantir, Cadence, IBM, Dell, Cohere and Waabi discussing AI infrastructure, open models, agentic AI and robotics-driven “physical AI.”

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang will deliver this year’s NVIDIA GTC keynote address today at 11 a.m. PST at the SAP Center in San Diego, where thousands of attendees are expected to gather for one of the industry’s most closely watched AI events.

The keynote follows a GTC Live preshow beginning at 8 a.m. PST featuring investors, founders and technology executives discussing the next phase of artificial intelligence development, according to Nvidia. A live stream of the events can be found here.

The preshow will be hosted by Conviction founder Sarah Guo, Gavin Baker of Atreides Management and Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital, with Tiffany Janzen of TiffinTech speaking with attendees and technology leaders on site. Conversations will focus on the transition from general-purpose computing to accelerated computing and the infrastructure supporting one of the largest AI buildouts in technology history.

Nvidia said executives from companies including Palantir, Cadence, IBM and Morgan Stanley are expected to discuss how accelerated computing is expanding applications such as simulation, digital twins and large-scale analytics. Infrastructure discussions will feature leaders from Caterpillar, Fireworks AI, Dell and CoreWeave examining the power, cooling and scaling challenges of modern AI systems.

Additional sessions will focus on open AI models, agentic AI systems and robotics-driven “physical AI.” Speakers include executives from Cohere, Perplexity AI, Mistral AI and Black Forest Labs discussing open model development, while leaders from LangChain, Prime Intellect and robotics firms including Waabi will examine the rise of AI agents and robotics systems moving from simulation into real-world deployment.

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