Nvidia GTC 2025 live — Jensen Huang on what's next in AI, robotics and accelerated computing
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to reveal what's next in AI
Nvidia GTC 2025 is here, and the company is set to unveil a bunch of different AI innovations for next-gen computing and hardware — and we're here to keep you up to date on it all.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is kicking off the AI conference with a special keynote, which will give us a taste of what's next in "agentic AI, robotics, accelerated computing, and more."
We've played around with Nvidia's AI NPC prototypes (and had a blast), and we're sure to see the next steps in what Nvidia has to offer in computing and beyond at GTC 2025.
The keynote is taking place on Tuesday, March 18 from 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. GMT, and it's expected to last around two hours. In case you miss anything, we'll be here to cover the latest.
How to watch Nvidia GTC 2025
You can follow along with the Nvidia GTC keynote from CEO Jensen Huang below.
Nvidia GTC 2025: Latest updates
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By the way, if the Project Digits isn't a sneak peek at what kind of CPU Nvidia could make on Arm, I'll eat my hat.
Of course this is a supercomputer, but let them cook.
The stream has started! Of course, we're counting down to the main event, so we're just seeing some pretty graphics... I wonder if this is running with RTX neural rendering?
Also given what happened when DeepSeek launched (spoiler alert: the US stock market did not like that), this has quickly become Jensen's big chance to show Nvidia is still good at the forefront of this AI gold race — offering the shovels and seives (blackwell GPUs) to companies trying to win.
And the stock price shows investors are a little nervous about what this will entail.
One of the Nvidia robots we could see today
Nvidia Isaac GROOT is the platform announced back at CES 2025, which will drive forward the humanoid robot developer program. And trust me, it looks insanely cool!
It works by essentially programming in a set of rules (or workflows) for it to stick to. At that point, it can learn to adapt to situations, be teleoperated by a human, work with vision language models and LLMs to talk to you, and even be dextrous enough to solve a Rubiks cube.
If there's something I'm expecting to see, it's definitely this.
15 minutes to go...
While we're counting down to seeing how Nvidia's Blackwell GPU technology can power the future of robotics and agentic AI, let's talk about the gaming side of things.
I got to check out the Half-Life 2 RTX demo, which features all of the new DLSS 4 and neural rendering techniques on top of a loving remaster of the original game. And when heading to Ravenholm, I felt that same level of terror I did playing the original when I was a kid!
Read more about my hands-on and in-depth look at the tech running it!
Nvidia Cosmos
Let's get to the really exciting stuff: robots in AI!
Nvidia Cosmos is described by the company in a press release: "A platform comprising state-of-the-art generative world foundation models, advanced tokenizers, guardrails and an accelerated video processing pipeline built to advance the development of physical AI systems such as autonomous vehicles (AVs) and robots."
The company mentions how expensive physical AI models are, but it says, "Cosmos models will be available under an open model license to accelerate the work of the robotics and AV community."
That means we could see many more developers taking advantage using AI robots. Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, said, "The ChatGPT moment for robotics is coming."
Will it come today during Nvidia's keynote? Quite frankly, that's up to the company to reveal something that truly entices the masses (and hopefully, doesn't terrify everyone). Of all the things Nvidia is showing off today, Cosmos could be the most game-changing, but we'll have to wait and see.
What are AI Foundation Models?
We expect Nvidia to talk about AI foundation models (Nvidia NIM microservices) during its keynote today. If you're not sure what that is, you're not alone. Give our glossary of AI terms a quick read to learn about these and other AI phrases. The quick definition is " huge data stores which have been pre-trained with a neural network and vast amounts of data to cope with a wide variety of tasks."
AI foundational models are essentially the backbone of agentic AI, which we expect to be a fundamental part of Nvidia's presentation today. They're a big part of RTX AI PCs, so they'll be sure to figure into the company's future plans going forward.
“AI is advancing at light speed, from perception AI to generative AI and now agentic AI,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA during CES 2025. “NIM microservices and AI Blueprints give PC developers and enthusiasts the building blocks to explore the magic of AI.”
If you want to know more, check out Nvidia's blog post from January.
More on Project DIGITS
Project Project DIGITS might be the most exciting thing announced at CES 2025 and we can't wait to hear more about it at Nvidia GTC 2025.
This tiny computer, targeted at developers, offers a super chip for AI. Sure, you won't be buying one of these in your home anytime soon, but you will see the exciting stuff developers can do with it.
We can only hope that Nvidia shows off more of its capabilities today, though we'll have to wait until the keynote starts in just over an hour and a half to learn more.
What we found out at CES 2025
As is typical for Nvidia, the company had a busy show at CES 2025. Like today, it had a big keynote. However, the company was more focused on hardware at CES, announcing the Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs. We tested the RTX 50 GPUs in-depth and were impressed with what we saw.
The company also partnered with Toyota, the NVIDIA Cosmos platform, AI foundation models for RTX PCs and, of course, NVIDIA Project DIGITS.
“GeForce enabled AI to reach the masses, and now AI is coming home to GeForce,” Huang said at CES.
We will learn more about Nvidia's AI push at 1 p.m. ET today when the keynote kicks off.
What Nvidia might announce
This is primarily a developer-focused event, so many announcements and news will target them. However, it still affects you, as the developers will use agentic AI (AI that can do work for you autonomously) and robotics to bring apps and products to the rest of us.
Even if you've never written a line of code, something at this keynote should excite you.
Not only could the AI and robotics announcements eventually find their way into consumer-facing products, but the company could have some surprises to go along with the presentation.
How to watch Nvidia's event
Nvidia is preparing its big event for our viewing pleasure. The company will hit the stage on Tuesday, March 18, at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. GMT. We don't have an end time, so be prepared to hang out for a while if you're going to watch.
And if watching the keynote doesn't sound like how you want to spend your afternoon, follow along with our live blog.
Regarding how to watch, you can head to Nvidia's YouTube channel or aim your gaze slightly up, as we've embedded the stream right here.
It seriously is that easy. After all, Nvidia wants you to watch its event, so it's in the company's best interest to make watching as painless as possible.
The company's YouTube description sounds exciting: "Watch NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote to catch all the announcements on AI advances that are shaping our future."
Prepare for next-level AI
Welcome! Nvidia GTC 2025 is kicking off with Jensen Huang spilling the beans on what we can expect the future of AI to look like, and we know it will cover everything from robotics to accelerated computing.
Since the launch of the RTX 50-series earlier this year, we got a look at how AI is changing next-gen gaming, with DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation offering a boost in frame rates for supported PC games.
Nvidia is known to have cool tricks and surprises up its sleeve, so we're sure Huang will have plenty to talk about in the upcoming keynote.
