Technology: Nvidia presents itself as a partner for Europe's AI future

Berlin. Two hours before Jensen Huang's keynote even starts, the crowds are building up in front of the Tempodrom in Berlin. Anyone who didn't hear about the chip company Nvidia's developer conference might think that a pop star like Taylor Swift was in town.

With the words “this is where it all begins,” Huang runs onto the stage to applause and individual shouts of “Wooh!” “The new industrial revolution starts with AI,” says the Nivdia boss. “Every company in Europe will become an AI company.”

Huang promises to deliver everything needed: computing capacity, secure handling of company data and tools to bring AI into factories and onto the streets. For all of this, the 63-year-old announced new Nvidia products and partnerships with German companies in his hour-and-a-half speech. But there is one thing Huang cannot guarantee: independence.