CES 2026 | Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Keynote

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang delivered the opening keynote for CES 2026 on Monday, January 5, 2026 (with some sources noting it started late in the day, around 1 p.m. PT or evening PT), at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The approximately 90- minute to 2-hour presentation (described as packed with 15 keynotes' worth of material) kicked off the show with high energy, a packed auditorium (3,000+ in-person plus overflow), and Huang's signature black leather jacket (this year with a sparkling, snakeskin-like design to match a massive 72-chip wafer display on stage). Huang declared 2025 an "incredible year" for AI and positioned 2026 as the year AI scales into every domain and every device, with agentic AI (autonomous systems that plan, reason, act, and interact) exploding in adoption. He emphasized that "AI is the house that GeForce built," connecting consumer gaming roots to enterprise dominance, and celebrated NVIDIA surpassing $5 trillion in valuation while highlighting partnerships with companies like Palantir, ServiceNow, Snowflake, CrowdStrike, and more. Key Announcements and Highlights The keynote focused heavily on enterprise AI, robotics, autonomous driving, and next-generation infrastructure, with no new GeForce RTX consumer GPUs announced (a deliberate choice, as the RTX 50 series was the 2025 focus). Major reveals included: NVIDIA Rubin Platform: The next-generation successor to Blackwell — NVIDIA's first extreme-codesigned, six-chip AI platform — is already in full production. It offers dramatically higher power and efficiency for training/running massive models, with full encryption and innovative hot-water cooling (45°C). Huang called it the foundation for the AI data centers of the future, with 5x more power than Blackwell in some metrics. Open-Source AI Models and Tools: NVIDIA released open models across domains like healthcare, climate, robotics, reasoning, embodied AI, and autonomous driving. This includes new open-source models for AV development and improvements to agentic AI capabilities. Autonomous Driving & Robotics Demos: A major showcase featured the Mercedes-Benz CLA (rated "the safest car in the world" by Huang) with NVIDIA-powered AI-defined driving. Live or demoed elements included autonomous robot companions on stage (described as "adorable" and the "closest thing to real-life Star Wars droids"), operating via Cosmos AI. Huang highlighted trillion-dollar opportunities in robotics/humanoids and AV, with partnerships (e.g., Toyota) and tools like NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion and Cosmos world foundation models (open on GitHub/Hugging Face). DGX Spark Enhancements: Up to 2.6x performance for large models, with new support for image models like Lightricks LTX-2 and FLUX, and upcoming NVIDIA AI Enterprise availability. DLSS & Gaming Teases: A brief mention of DLSS 4.5 (with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, 6x mode, and second-gen transformer for Super Resolution) arriving in spring 2026, improving quality and performance on existing RTX GPUs (especially 50-series). Broader Themes: Huang stressed full-stack optimization ("We build entire systems now"), sustainability, physical AI (AI that interacts with the real world), and the "ChatGPT moment for physical AI" in robotics/AV. He also joked about AI assistants updating his script and reflected on the rapid pace of model improvements ("Every six months, a new model emerges, getting smarter"). The keynote was praised for its optimism, developer focus, and real-world demos (including cute robots and Mercedes integration), while critics noted the lack of consumer GPU hype. It set a strong tone for CES 2026, reinforcing NVIDIA's leadership in AI infrastructure, robotics, and simulation. The full keynote is available on-demand via NVIDIA's YouTube channel and CES platforms. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@techusiness Follow us on Social Media: Twitter / X https://x.com/Techusiness Threads https://www.threads.net/@techusiness Instagram https://www.instagram.com/techusiness/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@techusiness LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/techusiness/ Contact Info Email techusiness@gmail.com