LONDON \u2014 Wherever Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang goes, excitement follows \u2014 this time, all the way to London Tech Week.<\/p>\n
The Nvidia boss \u2014 whom Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives dubs the \u201cgodfather of AI\u201d \u2014 is more like a rockstar these days, given his wide-spanning effect on the AI industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe amount of infrastructure required for AI wouldn\u2019t be possible without that man,\u201d one attendee at London Tech Week said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s like Iron Man,\u201d the attendee added, referencing the popular Marvel superhero who is a tech billionaire inventor under the name of Tony Stark.<\/p>\n
The lines to get into the Olympia auditorium were already building around 40 minutes before Jensen was set to take the stage alongside U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Not everyone managed to get in \u2014 but there were helpfully screens around the venue where people could catch a glimpse of Huang\u2019s talk.<\/p>\n
The Nvidia CEO gave his continued bullish assessment of artificial intelligence, calling it an \u201cincredible technology\u201d and saying it should be seen as infrastructure, just like electricity. <\/p>\n
There weren\u2019t any multi-billion-dollar investments touted at London Tech Week. But the biggest win for Starmer and the U.K. by far was Huang\u2019s lavish praise for the country.<\/p>\n
Wearing his trademark leather jacket, Huang called the U.K. the \u201cenvy of the world\u201d that is in the midst of a \u201cGoldilocks circumstance,\u201d boasting a vibrant venture capital ecosystem, as well as budding AI entrepreneurs from leading firms including Google DeepMind, Synthesia, Wayve and ElevenLabs.<\/p>\n
Speaking alongside Huang, Starmer spoke in an animated manner as he touted Nvidia\u2019s investments in the U.K. Earlier in the day, the U.S. chipmaker announced a new \u201cU.K. sovereign AI industry forum,\u201d as well as commitments from cloud vendors Nscale and Nebius to deploy new facilities containing thousands of its Blackwell GPU chips.<\/p>\n
Starmer spoke at length about AI\u2019s promise and the ways in which it could ease the burdens faced by the U.K.\u2019s public sector institutions, from hospitals to schools.<\/p>\n
Huang added that the U.K. is \u201csuch a great place to invest,\u201d noting that Nvidia plans to partner with the country to upskill tech workers and build out domestic AI infrastructure.<\/p>\n
\u201cInfrastructure enables more research \u2014 more research, more breakthroughs, more companies,\u201d the Nvidia chief said. \u201cThat flywheel will start taking off. It\u2019s already quite large, but we\u2019re just going to get that flywheel going.\u201d<\/p>\n
Starmer thanked Huang for his point, commenting that \u201cthe confidence it gives when you explain it that way is huge.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom our point of view, we\u2019re really pleased to be seen that way,\u201d the U.K. leader said.<\/p>\n
The pair shook hands at the end.<\/p>\n
Altogether, there was a lot of energy in the room. Huang said he was \u201cexcited\u201d for London Tech Week, and he was met with a round of applause from the audience.<\/p>\n
Huang has become the CEO everyone wants to be seen with. Nvidia has positioned itself as central to the AI revolution, which many commentators say is in the early innings.<\/p>\n
Nvidia wants that revolution to be built on its chips. And for countries like the U.K., these moments provide a chance for the country to tout its investment potential and for its leader to publicly share a stage with the man seen as powering the AI push. <\/p>\n
London was Huang\u2019s first stop in a broader European tour.<\/p>\n
The Nvidia boss will travel to Paris later this week, where the chipmaker will host its GTC conference. Politicians including President Emmanuel Macron, who has driven France\u2019s ambition to become a European AI hub, will also likely want some face time with Huang. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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