Nvidia Hosts Major AI Conference in Washington to Strengthen US Government Ties

Nvidia is holding its GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in Washington, D.C. for the first time, underscoring the company's strategic effort to engage with the Trump administration and highlight the importance of American leadership in AI. CEO Jensen Huang's keynote is expected to focus on how AI will transform industries and public sector infrastructure, showcasing Nvidia's Blackwell Ultra AI servers and future Rubin AI lineup. This event reflects Nvidia's deepening ties with the federal government and includes the announcement of a Task Force on AI and the Future of Work, aiming to address AI's workforce impact. Concurrently, Qualcomm has launched new AI processors, AI200 and AI250, marking its entry into the AI inference market and positioning itself as a significant American rival to Nvidia in the AI data center chip space. Qualcomm's new chips are designed for efficiency and heat management, targeting AI model deployment rather than training, which remains Nvidia's domain with its powerful GPUs. These developments highlight intensifying competition in the AI semiconductor sector amid geopolitical concerns over technology sales to China and the race for AI dominance.