All posts tagged: GTC

Do you want to build a robot snowman?

Do you want to build a robot snowman?

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Nvidia’s GTC conference had everything: trillion dollar sales projections, graphics technology that can yassify video games, grand declarations that every company needs an OpenClaw strategy, and even a robot version of the beloved snowman Olaf from Disney’s “Frozen.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, TechCrunch’s Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I recapped CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote and debated what it means for Nvidia’s future. And yes, a big part of our discussion focused on poor Olaf, whose microphone had to be turned off when he started rambling. Even if the demo had gone flawlessly, Sean might still have had some reservations, as he noted these presentations always focus on “the engineering challenges” and not the “really messy gray areas” on the social side. “But what happens when a kid kicks Olaf over?” Sean asked. “And then every other kid who sees Olaf get kicked or knocked over has their whole trip to Disney ruined and it ruins the brand?” Read a preview of our conversation, edited for length and clarity, below. Anthony: [CEO …

Nvidia’s ‘ChatGPT moment’ for self-driving cars, and other key AI announcements at GTC 2026

Nvidia’s ‘ChatGPT moment’ for self-driving cars, and other key AI announcements at GTC 2026

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Screenshot by Radhika Rajkumar/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Nvidia released new models for autonomous robots, cars, and more.  Uber will add Nvidia-powered robotaxis to cities as early as 2027.  More lifelike robotics could mean robotic characters at Disney World. To close out his Nvidia GTC keynote on Monday, CEO Jensen Huang brought out an unexpected guest: a walking, talking robot version of Olaf, the animated snowman from Disney’s Frozen movie. Huang explained to robo-Olaf that he’s run on Nvidia’s Jetson platform and learned to walk inside the company’s Omniverse simulator Olaf’s responses didn’t always make sense — the conversation was awkward, but the idea was clear: in the future, robotic characters could be wandering around Disneyland using Nvidia’s tech.  Also: Nvidia wants to own your AI data center from end to end Physical AI — AI systems embedded in machines like robots or cars that navigate real-world environments, as opposed to models stuck in the cloud or on your phone — has been gaining steam over the last …

Nvidia GTC: All the AI and Robotics News We Expect to Hear at Today’s Keynote

Nvidia GTC: All the AI and Robotics News We Expect to Hear at Today’s Keynote

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Nvidia’s GTC event is kicking off on Monday, March 16, in San Jose, California. CEO Jensen Huang will give the keynote address this afternoon, and it’s sure to be all about artificial intelligence and the many ways the world’s biggest company (by market cap) plans to extend its domination over the tech industry for the rest of the year. You can’t spell Nvidia without AI. And the artificial intelligence revolution has been very good for Nvidia — its chips are among the most in-demand resources for companies to build and maintain their AI models. It is currently valued at an eye-watering $5 billion — an unmatched feat that, along with massive amounts of spending industrywide, has many financial and tech experts worried about an AI “bubble.” At CES this January, Huang talked about physical AI, or the tangible hardware components that can bring AI to life, so to speak. Robotics is expected to play a big part in the development of physical AI, with more than one robot likely to join Huang on stage. This year …

How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote — and what to expect

How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote — and what to expect

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Nvidia kicks off its annual GTC developer conference in San Jose, California, on Monday with CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote scheduled for 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET. GTC — which stands for GPU Technology Conference — is Nvidia’s flagship annual event, running from March 16 to March 19. The chipmaker typically uses the spotlight to announce new products, champion partnerships, and lay out its vision for the future of computing. Huang’s keynote will focus on Nvidia’s role in the future of computing and AI. You can watch the two-hour address in person at the SAP Center or livestream the talk on the event’s website. The broader three-day event is focused on what’s coming next for AI across industries, including healthcare, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. On the software side, it’s rumored that Nvidia will release an open source platform for enterprise AI agents, dubbed NemoClaw, as originally reported by Wired. The platform would give businesses a structured way to build and deploy AI agents (software that can carry out multistep tasks autonomously) and would position …

Nvidia launches enterprise AI agent platform with Adobe, Salesforce, SAP among 17 adopters at GTC 2026

Nvidia launches enterprise AI agent platform with Adobe, Salesforce, SAP among 17 adopters at GTC 2026

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Jensen Huang walked onto the GTC stage Monday wearing his trademark leather jacket and carrying, as it turned out, the blueprints for a new kind of monopoly. The Nvidia CEO unveiled the Agent Toolkit, an open-source platform for building autonomous AI agents, and then rattled off the names of the companies that will use it: Adobe, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Siemens, CrowdStrike, Atlassian, Cadence, Synopsys, IQVIA, Palantir, Box, Cohesity, Dassault Systèmes, Red Hat, Cisco and Amdocs. Seventeen enterprise software companies, touching virtually every industry and every Fortune 500 corporation, all agreeing to build their next generation of AI products on a shared foundation that Nvidia designed, Nvidia optimizes and Nvidia maintains. The toolkit provides the models, the runtime, the security framework and the optimization libraries that AI agents need to operate autonomously inside organizations — resolving customer service tickets, designing semiconductors, managing clinical trials, orchestrating marketing campaigns. Each component is open source. Each is optimized for Nvidia hardware. The combination means that as AI agents proliferate across the corporate world, they will generate demand for Nvidia …

How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote — and what to expect

How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote

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Nvidia kicks off its annual GTC developer conference in San Jose, California, next week with CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote scheduled for Monday at 11am PT / 2pm ET. GTC — which stands for GPU Technology Conference — is Nvidia’s flagship annual event, where the chipmaker typically uses the spotlight to announce new products, champion partnerships, and lay out its vision for the future of computing. Huang’s keynote will focus on Nvidia’s role in the future of computing and AI. You can watch the two-hour address in person at the SAP Center or livestream the talk on the event’s website. The broader three-day event is focused on what’s coming next for AI across industries including healthcare, robotics, and autonomous vehicles, among others. On the software side, it’s rumored that Nvidia will release an open source platform for enterprise AI agents, dubbed NemoClaw, as originally reported by Wired. The platform would give businesses a structured way to build and deploy AI agents (software that can carry out multi-step tasks autonomously) and would position Nvidia to mirror similar …