Jensen Huang, NVIDIA's CEO, delivers the GTC 2026 keynote, focusing on the transformative impact of AI across various industries and NVIDIA's role in driving this revolution. He details NVIDIA's evolving platforms, from CUDA to AI factories, and highlights advancements in hardware, software, and AI models. The presentation emphasizes the company's vertically integrated yet horizontally open approach, aiming to accelerate AI adoption and innovation globally.
Jensen Huang describes tokens as the "building blocks of AI." He explains that tokens have opened a new frontier by turning data into knowledge and allowing AI to harness new waves of energy and unlock secrets. He further elaborates that tokens are already present in "the moments that matter" and continuously work, even where human hands cannot, enabling progress and allowing humanity to "breathe easier" and hearts to "beat stronger." In essence, tokens are fundamental units that AI processes to generate knowledge, perform tasks, and drive innovation across various applications.
Open Claw is described as an open-source project that functions as an operating system for agentic computers, enabling the creation of "personal agents." Jensen Huang considers it a highly significant development, comparing its impact to that of HTML for the internet or Linux for personal computers. He highlights its rapid adoption, surpassing Linux's growth, and its potential to revolutionize how software companies operate, suggesting that every Software as a Service (SaaS) company will become an "agentic as a service" company. Open Claw's ability to manage resources, access tools, file systems, and large language models, along with its scheduling capabilities and multi-modal IO, makes it a foundational element for the future of AI and computing.