Jensen Huang Announces AGI and Upcoming GPU Expansion
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a significant post on X over the weekend declaring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) has arrived, citing OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra as evidence. This declaration was paired with an announcement of another 400,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) coming online soon. The market typically reacts to claims tied to purchase orders rather than milestones alone. Huang’s message combined both a milestone and demand signal in one post, which is rare for Nvidia stock movements that are usually driven by capital spending commitments from major clients. The declaration of AGI was made without OpenAI explicitly labeling Astra as such. Huang's mention of the 400,000 additional GPUs provides concrete data on hardware demand and capacity expansion using NVLink72 systems—each containing up to 72 processors working in unison. This signals a significant increase in computing power being deployed for AI training.
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