Nvidia and AI search firm Perplexity said they are joining hands with model builders and cloud providers across Europe and the Middle East to refine sovereign large-language models (LLMs) and accelerate enterprise AI uptake in local industries.

Nvidia and artificial intelligence search firm Perplexity on Wednesday said they are partnering with more than a dozen AI firms in Europe and the Middle East to refine those firms' AI technologies and distribute them to local businesses.

NVIDIA expands across Europe with major AI infrastructure deals, focusing on sovereign AI to offset China losses and boost local tech development.

Wearing his signature biker jacket and mobbed by fans for selfies, the Nvidia CEO cut the figure of a tech rockstar as he took the stage at VivaTech in Paris. “AI is the greatest equalizer of people the world has ever created,” Huang said, kicking off one of Europe’s biggest technology industry fairs.

Nvidia has announced new collaborations with AI firms Perplexity and Mistral AI as part of a broad initiative to strengthen artificial intelligence infrastructure and language model development ...

Nvidia said it is partnering with AI teams in France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Sweden, and beyond to fine-tune large language models using its Nemotron architecture and post-training pipeline. The goal: deliver open-source,