NVIDIA's Biggest Event of the Year Kicks Off Today and It Could Reshape Everything About AI

If you care about AI at all, today is basically Christmas. NVIDIA's GTC 2026 conference kicks off in San Jose, California, and CEO Jensen Huang is delivering a keynote that could set the direction for artificial intelligence for the next several years.

NVIDIA is the company that makes the chips powering almost every AI system you've heard of, from ChatGPT to self-driving cars to medical imaging. When Jensen talks, the entire tech industry listens.

This video from Matt Wolfe on YouTube (84K views in just 2 days) breaks down the landscape heading into GTC, noting that multiple AI companies all seem to be launching the same types of products at once. The convergence is wild.

So what's expected? Rumors point to a new open-source platform for enterprise AI agents called "NemoClaw" (originally reported by Wired), updates on NVIDIA's Rubin chip platform that promises 5x better performance per watt, and possibly a glimpse at how AI could generate textures and objects in video games in real-time.

Attendees have arrived from 190 countries. The keynote starts at 11 AM Pacific. Whether you're a gamer, an investor, or just someone who uses a smartphone, what gets announced today will eventually affect you.

As reported by TechCrunch and NVIDIA Blog.

Source: NVIDIA Blog