NVIDIA teams with European partners to deliver sovereign AI models

PARIS - NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), a dominant force in the semiconductor industry with an impressive 86% revenue growth in the last twelve months, announced Wednesday it is collaborating with model builders and cloud providers across Europe and the Middle East to optimize sovereign large language models (LLMs) that reflect local languages and cultures. According to InvestingPro data, the company maintains an excellent financial health score, positioning it strongly for this significant international expansion.

The initiative involves partnerships with organizations including Barcelona Supercomputing Center, LightOn, Bielik.AI, and several academic institutions. These models will be optimized using NVIDIA Nemotron techniques to improve cost efficiency and accuracy for enterprise AI workloads.

The sovereign models will be available on Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine that handles over 150 million questions weekly. Companies will also be able to fine-tune these models on local infrastructure through a new Hugging Face integration with DGX Cloud Lepton.

"Europe’s diversity is its superpower — an engine of creativity and innovation," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. "Together with Europe’s model builders and cloud providers, we’re building an AI ecosystem where intelligence is developed and served locally." This expansion is backed by NVIDIA’s robust financial position, with current assets more than triple its short-term obligations and minimal debt levels, as revealed in InvestingPro’s comprehensive analysis report, available for over 1,400 top US stocks.

The LLMs will support Europe’s 24 official languages, with several models specializing in specific national languages and cultures. The optimization process will include neural architecture search, reinforcement learning, and post-training with NVIDIA-curated synthetic data, which aims to reduce operational costs and improve response times.

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said, "Bringing NVIDIA-optimized sovereign AI models to Perplexity empowers innovation in Europe with AI built and running in the region."

The models will be deployable as NVIDIA NIM microservices running on various platforms, including a new microservice supporting over 100,000 models hosted on Hugging Face.

The first optimized models from European partners are expected to be available later this year, according to the press release statement.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is positioning this initiative as support for an integrated regional AI ecosystem that can serve Europe’s diverse industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and creative sectors. Trading near its 52-week high and currently showing signs of being overvalued according to InvestingPro’s Fair Value analysis, NVIDIA continues to demonstrate strong market momentum with a remarkable 70% gross profit margin, reflecting its technological leadership and pricing power in the AI sector.

In other recent news, NVIDIA has been at the forefront of several significant developments. The company has announced a collaboration with European nations, including France, Italy, and the UK, to build AI infrastructure using its Blackwell technology. This initiative aims to enhance digital sovereignty and economic growth across Europe. In another partnership, NVIDIA is working with L’Oréal to expand AI capabilities for AI-generated advertisements and product recommendations. Financial terms for these partnerships have not been disclosed.

NVIDIA is also collaborating with Hewlett Packard and the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre on the Blue Lion supercomputer project, which will use NVIDIA’s next-generation chips. Additionally, NVIDIA’s JUPITER supercomputer has been declared the fastest in Europe, offering significant advancements in high-performance computing and AI workloads. The UK Financial Conduct Authority has teamed up with NVIDIA to launch a regulatory sandbox for financial firms to test AI tools, further showcasing NVIDIA’s role in advancing AI technology. These recent developments underscore NVIDIA’s ongoing efforts to drive innovation and support scientific research globally.

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