Nvidia CEO Pledges To Help Japan Build an AI-Powered Future
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he will help Japan build a future powered by AI during remarks in Tokyo.
Nvidia’s Japan AI Pitch
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Nvidia’s Japan AI Pitch
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he will help Japan build a future powered by AI.
Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO):
I'm very happy to see that Japan now has decided that this is the time for Japan AI, and that Japan will build an infrastructure. And to build this AI infrastructure for all of the companies and researchers and students and government, so that you can build a future for Japan on top of AI. And I'm really honored and grateful to be of service to that.
His remarks came Thursday, after Nvidia announced partnerships with Japanese firms to further robotics and AI. Huang says AI infrastructure is still in its early days, and that he expects continued growth for at least another decade. He also spoke about energy, which Japan mainly imports, saying nuclear power could help give the country’s growing AI sector the power it needs.
Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO):
Japan has been a very close partner and close friend of ours and a very close friend of mine, and so I'm delighted to be of service to Japan. And I'm very happy to see that Japan now has decided that this is the time for Japan AI, and that Japan will build an infrastructure. And to build this AI infrastructure for all of the companies and researchers and students and government, so that you can build a future for Japan on top of AI. And I'm really honoured and grateful to be of service to that. And we'll do a good job.
Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO):
This is just the beginning, we’re going to be building a lot more infrastructure here, so it's really, really a great question because, as you know, we're at the beginning of that cycle. Most technology cycles last anywhere from 10 to 15 years before it kind of plateaus, we're at the beginning of this one, we are six months into this one. In another 10 years, I think it's going to be a very, very interesting question. Is it going to go up, or is it going to flatten out? It will never go down.
Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO):
You need energy for AI, you need energy to build the robots, and you also need energy to support the industry of the robots. And so I think this is a really exciting growth opportunity for Japan. One of the things that one of the energy sources, as you know, nuclear is still a capability and a great capability of Japan. This is a wonderful time. Nuclear is a sustainable energy.
Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO):
Japan is incredibly good at manufacturing and manufacturing robotics. (PAUSES FOR JAPANESE LANGUAGE INTERPRETER) But it's missing a new technology, and the new technology is called physical AI. AI that is intelligent, but AI that also understands the laws of physics.
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REPORTER ASKING: “JENSEN, I’M SORRY, HAS NVIDIA SHIPPED ANY H200 CHIPS TO CHINA?”
Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO):
You can do better than that.
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THIS IS MY BEST.
Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO):
It doesn’t even matter.
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BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU SAID YOU HAVEN’T SHIPPED MUCH YESTERDAY.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Thursday (July 16) pledged to help Japan build its AI-powered future, dubbing it “the time for Japan AI.”
Earlier in the day Nvidia announced that it was partnering with Japanese companies including Fanuc and Yaskawa Electric to advance the development of robotics and AI. Separately, Noetra, a government-backed company whose investors include Sony, said it would buy 27,500 Nvidia Rubin chips as it develops physical AI.
"I'm delighted to be of service to Japan. And I'm very happy to see that Japan now has decided that this is the time for Japan AI,” Huang told reporters after attending a government AI event in central Tokyo.
Huang said AI infrastructure development is still in its early stages, expecting the current technology cycle to continue growing for the next decade or more.
Huang also highlighted the importance of energy, pointing that Japan's nuclear capabilities could be a potential solution to boost the country's power supply for its growing AI industry.
