The undisputed star of VivaTech 2025 was undoubtedly Jensen Huang, the charismatic boss of NVIDIA. From the first day, he electrified the Dôme de Paris with a 90-minute marathon keynote before a captivated audience. Huang unveiled a major announcement: a partnership with the French startup Mistral AI to launch Mistral Compute, a sovereign AI cloud platform equipped with 18,000 NVIDIA Blackwell superchips. This collaboration, described as “historic” by Emmanuel Macron, is part of the European digital sovereignty strategy. On stage alongside Huang, the French president emphasized the importance of building local AI infrastructure: “Building our own capabilities is a game changer for Europe,” he stated, praising the initiative. Jensen Huang encouraged Europe to invest heavily, highlighting that “AI factories” (specialized data centers) will become as crucial as electricity or the Internet. He insisted on the need for every nation to maintain control over its intelligence: “You can outsource everything except your intelligence,” he declared, advocating for AI rooted in local languages and cultures. With this show blending strategic vision and technical demonstrations, NVIDIA clearly stole the spotlight at VivaTech. The era of sovereign AI, where Europe wants to create its own champions against the United States and China, is well and truly launched.
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