NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is currently on a whirlwind European tour, with plans to unveil an investment initiative exceeding $2 billion in Europe within the next week. This move builds upon the $8 billion already funneled into the continent over the past year, signifying NVIDIA’s deepening strategic commitment to Europe. Huang unveiled these investment details at an event in Paris, where he also announced a fresh round of funding for four promising French startups. His itinerary will then take him to London and Berlin. At present, AI technology is met with public skepticism across Europe, with both the continent and the UK actively pushing forward AI governance frameworks. Huang, however, explicitly rejects the notion of slowing down AI development, underscoring its potential to invigorate the economy while advancing safely. He champions the open-source model as a cost-effective and highly adaptable pathway, one that can help Europe bridge the gap with the United States’ advanced AI capabilities. NVIDIA’s investments consistently target the open-source sector. The four French startups benefiting from this latest round of funding operate in healthcare, business software, chemical materials, and robotics. Among them, Genesis AI, which specializes in robotic AI, resonates with Huang’s insights on the humanoid robot sector. He envisions that physical AI, exemplified by humanoid robots, will emerge as NVIDIA’s next significant market.