At NVIDIA’s GTC conference in Washington, DC, today, the company released a raft of news. Here’s a round-up with links to the full releases:
NVIDIA and Oracle to Build DOE AI Supercomputer: The two companies a collaboration with Oracle to build the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s largest AI supercomputer designed to accelerate scientific discovery. The Solstice system will feature 100,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and support U.S. national security, science and energy applications. Another system, Equinox, will include 10,000 Blackwells and is expected to be available in the first half of 2026. Both systems will be located at Argonne National Laboratory. Full release here. Related AI infrastructure announcement here.
NVQLink — Connecting Quantum and GPU Computing for 17 Quantum Builders and Nine Scientific Labs: NVIDIA announced NVIDIA NVQLink, an open system architecture for coupling GPU computing with quantum processors to build quantum supercomputers. NVIDIA worked with researchers from supercomputing centers at national laboratories — including Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermi Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories — on development of NVQLink. NVQLink provides an open approach to quantum integration, supporting 17 QPU builders, five controller builders and nine U.S national labs. Full release here.
NVIDIA to Invest $1 Billion in Nokia for 6G AI Platform: NVIDIA and Nokia today announced a partnership to add NVIDIA-powered AI-RAN products to Nokia’s RAN portfolio, enabling communication service providers to launch AI-native 5G-Advanced and 6G networks on NVIDIA platforms. NVIDIA will also invest $1 billion in Nokia at a subscription price of $6.01 per share. The investment is subject to customary closing conditions. Full release here. And related 6G announcement here.
Palantir and NVIDIA to Operationalize AI: NVIDIA today announced a collaboration with Palantir Technologies to build an integrated technology stack for operational AI — including analytics capabilities, reference workflows, automation features and customizable AI agents — for complex enterprise and government systems. Palantir Ontology, part of the Palantir AI Platform, will integrate NVIDIA GPUs and route optimization libraries, open models and accelerated computing for context-aware reasoning in support of operational AI. Full release here.
NVIDIA with US Manufacturing and Robotics Companies to Develop Physical AI for Industry: NVIDIA announced that U.S. manufacturers, industrial software developers and robotics companies are using NVIDIA Omniverse technologies to build robotic factories and autonomous collaborative robots to help overcome labor shortages and support American reindustrialization. Full release here.
NVIDIA in Robotaxi Partnership with Uber: NVIDIA announced it is partnering with Uber to scale a level 4-ready mobility network, using the company’s robotaxi and autonomous delivery fleets, the new NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Hyperion 10 autonomous vehicle development platform and NVIDIA DRIVE AV software built for L4 autonomy. Working with the two companies to launch level 4 fleets are Stellantis, Luc and Mercedes Benz. Full release here.
