Nvidia's Jensen Huang pledges $2 billion for Europe, $250 million in compute for UK safety labs
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced a $2 billion investment in Europe and a $250 million donation for UK AI safety labs.
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The investment includes stakes in French startups like Doctolib and Genesis AI, aiming to enhance Europe's AI capabilities. The UK funding will support research at institutions like Oxford and Imperial College London focused on AI safety and security.
Key Points
- Huang's European tour includes investments in French startups like Doctolib and Genesis AI.
- The $250 million donation will be distributed over five years to UK AI safety labs.
- Supported institutions include Oxford's BOLD and UCL's SOFAIR for AI research.
- Nvidia's previous investment in Europe was approximately $8 billion last year.
- UK AI Minister praised the funding as a vote of confidence in local AI expertise.
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Oct 14, 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dropped some loose change during his European tour. In Paris, he announced $2 billion in new investments across Europe due the following week, Bloomberg reports. Nvidia spent about $8 billion in Europe last year. Huang disclosed new stakes in French startups Doctolib, Genesis AI, Pigment, and Entalpic, promoted open-weight models as a way for Europe to close its AI gap, and repeated his pushback against calls to slow things down. The tour also includes London and Berlin.
British AI safety research is getting a slice, too. Nvidia is donating $250 million in compute over five years to UK labs working on AI agent safety and security, among other gings, specifically BOLD (Oxford), SOFAIR (UCL), and Imperial College London. Their work covers open-ended learning, open-source AI architectures, and robotics safety. UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan called it a "vote of confidence in our world-leading strength and expertise in AI research," likely a nod to the well-regarded output of the UK's government-backed AI Security Institute.
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