GTC Berlin: Jensen Huang Unveils OpenShell, DSX AI Factories and Europe Investment Push
NVIDIA's GTC conference landed in Berlin on October 21 at the Tempodrom, where CEO Jensen Huang delivered a keynote at 11 a.m. CEST under the theme "Berlin Builds AI." NVIDIA streamed the event live via nvidia.com, with a GTC Live warm-up session preceding the keynote.
Confirmed
- Date and venue: October 21 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, with Jensen Huang taking the stage at 11 a.m. CEST (@testingcatalog, @IanAndrewsDC).
- The main screen on site displayed the slogan "Europe and NVIDIA Put AI to Work." @LinusEkenstam posted photos from the venue and relayed key figures: NVIDIA invested $10 billion in Europe over the past year and added 14 new startup investments this week.
- NVIDIA's official accounts (@nvidia, @NVIDIAAI) promoted and livestreamed the keynote in advance.
Why it matters
- The event marks NVIDIA's effort to regionalize GTC in Europe. The keynote focused on "where AI goes next" and Europe's AI infrastructure buildout; the $10 billion annual investment and 14 new deals show the concrete scale of NVIDIA's push into the European ecosystem.
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