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Nvidia has introduced the free open-weight model Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe and an updated Granary 2 dataset. The model translates 31 languages with English, handles recordings up to an hour long, and distinguishes up to eight speakers, but does not support livestreams.
Aziz KarimovNvidia took part in the $14 million Series B round of the Indian startup Simplismart at a valuation of about $100 million. The startup develops software for optimizing the deployment of AI models on existing infrastructure. Separately, talks on a larger round were reported, but the founder denied this.
Otabek YusupovNvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Astana on October 23, met with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and held an open conversation with Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development Zhaslan Madiev at the international center alem.ai. Huang assessed Kazakhstan's energy resources and personnel as an advantage and stated that the country could «export intelligence» instead of only energy.
Aziz KarimovOn October 23, at a meeting with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, NVIDIA co-founder and president Jensen Huang proposed turning the country into a global hub for Physical AI — AI that interacts with the physical world. He noted Kazakhstan's potential in energy and specialist training, announced cooperation with Firebird AI KZ Ltd and Kazakhtelecom, and support for Higgsfield. Tokayev awarded Huang the Order of Dostyk, First Class.
Aziz KarimovA video of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang playing with Microduck robot ducklings at the GTC Berlin conference has gone viral. According to Clem Delangue of Hugging Face, pre-orders exceeded 20,000 units in a single day. Microduck is an open-source robot from Pollen Robotics, which Hugging Face acquired in 2025; Hugging Face itself was acquired by Nvidia in September. Deliveries are expected by Christmas.
Javlon TursunovTaxi service inDrive signed a memorandum with Pony.ai and Nvidia to test robotaxis in Astana in the first half of 2027. Pony.ai will provide Gen-7 robotaxis, Nvidia — the Hyperion platform and the Halos safety system. Initially, the cars will have a safety operator on board; the goal is fully driverless rides.
Bekzod NazarovThe Sovereign AI Leadership task force, which includes Nvidia, Microsoft and Cisco, warned the UK government that the country has about 12 months to secure public support for building data centers. The appeal, reported by The Guardian, notes growing protests over energy bills, water use and the environment. Campaigns criticized the idea of financial incentives for local authorities.
Sevara AzamovaThe Nvidia GTC conference in Berlin featured live demonstrations of robotics, facial recognition and the latest AI hardware, including the Vera Rubin NVL72 rack and the modular Vera Rubin DSK Pod data center. Jensen Huang spoke to roughly 3,000 developers, analysts and journalists about the company's plans to bring AI into European industry.
Javlon TursunovNvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at the company's conference in Berlin that warnings that AI could destroy humanity are 'fabricated' and 'cheap' attempts to get headlines. He called for developing AI with 'responsible optimism,' whereas the heads of Anthropic and OpenAI had previously advocated slowing down development.
Sevara AzamovaIn an article for Gazeta, expert Bekhzodkhon Alikhanov (Harvard University) analyzes Uzbekistan's chances of attracting large AI data centers. Power shortages and local resistance in the US are pushing investors toward new regions. Uzbekistan has incentives (Presidential Decree UP-189, TMFC, Enterprise Uzbekistan), but lacks ready-made sites, while its neighbors — Armenia and Kazakhstan — have already signed multi-billion-dollar deals.
Javlon TursunovFlapping Airplanes, a startup founded a year ago, raised $1 billion in a Series A round co-led by Index and Lux at a $6 billion valuation. The company is developing a 'megakernel' framework for training large models with less data.
Javlon TursunovGoogle released TorchTPU — an open-source version of PyTorch for its TPU chips, allowing AI applications to be moved to Google Cloud without rewriting code. A day earlier, Amazon introduced a similar TorchNeuron for Trainium chips. Both companies are challenging Nvidia's dominance in the AI hardware market.
Sevara AzamovaAt the investment summit in Berlin, the German government and Nvidia agreed on a partnership in artificial intelligence, first reported by Handelsblatt: the federal government will contribute a sum in the hundreds of millions of euros. Amazon announced investments of around €16 billion in 2027. In total, according to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the summit brought commitments worth €800 billion by 2028.
Sevara AzamovaTechable Ventures founder Amulya Vishwanath said on TechCrunch's Equity podcast that robotics has not yet had its 'ChatGPT moment' — the industry is at the stage of building basic components, which she called the 'LEGO era'.
Sardor QodirovMicrosoft announced new security features for monitoring AI agents, including Guardian Agents as part of Project Perception. Satya Nadella and security business chief Hyeite Gallo warn that frontier models are unpredictable and cannot be considered safe by default.
Sardor QodirovJensen Huang believes AI development in Europe is held back by hesitation and endless analysis, and urged a faster move to practice. At the Invest in Germany summit in Berlin, he and Chancellor Friedrich Merz intend to present a joint AI pact. The government is preparing several hundred million euros, with about a dozen companies joining the project, including Siemens and Audi, as well as the startup Black Forest Labs. The funds will go mainly to computing capacity of Deutsche Telekom's Industrial AI Cloud with the chip
Otabek YusupovAWS introduced TorchNeuron, which allows PyTorch applications to run on Trainium chips by changing a single line of configuration. The company is challenging Nvidia's software advantage (CUDA) and promises to make changes to PyTorch itself to decouple the framework from specific vendors.
Sardor QodirovTenstorrent, the startup led by Jim Keller, raised $1.5 billion at a $6.2 billion valuation. The round was led by Trace Capital and Innovation X, with investors including Fidelity, Cadence Ventures, Eclipse, SanDisk and T. Rowe Price. Five months earlier, Intel and Qualcomm had reportedly shown interest in acquiring the company.
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