Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, presents new NVIDIA Vera Rubin DSX Pod Full-Stack Modular AI Factory as he gives a keynote address at the Berlin GPU Technology Conference (GTC) on October 21, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

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Nvidia's emergence as financier for the global AI buildout is facing its first major stress test as credit markets tighten for key partners.

After creating the chips that powered the early stages of the generative artificial intelligence era, Nvidia turned to using its financial prowess to fund AI model developers, data center companies and a host of so-called neoclouds.…