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Apple reclaimed the world’s highest market capitalization on Friday as its shares rose above $351. The company was valued at about $5.12 trillion on the launch day of its $2,000 foldable iPhone Duo.
NVIDIA launched Minerva, an AIOps platform designed to detect problems earlier across AI factories. It combines infrastructure and AI-workload telemetry and analyzes billions of data points per hour.
Companies are using NVIDIA’s DSX platform to design, simulate and operate power grids and AI factories as one system. NVIDIA says more than $300 billion in equipment is backlogged, while over 200 gigawatts of projects await interconnection in the United States.
Google Cloud and NVIDIA announced general availability of NVIDIA Vera Rubin infrastructure for cloud customers. A5X instances are planned to become available next month, with expansion to Europe to follow.
NVIDIA announced plans with six supply-chain partners to expand manufacturing for AI infrastructure. Substrate capacity is set to rise 2.5x over three years, while SPIL’s optical-engine capacity is targeted to increase 15x by mid-2027.
NVIDIA has opened early access to its Factory Operations Blueprint (FOX), a framework for building always-on agents that coordinate factory operations. The system connects machine data with CAD, PLM, simulation, IT and operational technology systems.
NVIDIA introduced Confidential Bare Metal, a deployment option for running sensitive workloads on dedicated third-party infrastructure. The company also expanded support to Grace Blackwell and Rubin systems.
NVIDIA announced an expansion of its open Isaac robotics platform, including a humanoid reference system, runtime, datasets and learning tools. Agile ONE SN is planned for availability in early 2027 and uses Isaac GR00T with Jetson Thor.
NVIDIA said European automakers and mobility providers are demonstrating autonomous-transport use cases on its Hyperion platform. Bolt plans to begin collecting real-world driving data in Madrid in 2027, subject to regulatory approval.
NVIDIA said telecom operators are expanding accelerated computing across their networks to run AI services closer to users. T-Mobile completed what NVIDIA called the first AI-RAN call on a commercial network, while BT, Deutsche Telekom and Elisa are running or preparing pilots.
NVIDIA announced the availability of its OpenShell Reference Architecture for building, isolating, observing and controlling AI agents across enterprise and edge systems. The stack combines Vera Rubin, Vera CPUs, BlueField-4 DPUs and Sentry security software.
NVIDIA researchers ran a 104-qubit simulation of a fault-tolerant quantum system on JUPITER. The company says its magic-state cultivation approach requires 90% fewer physical qubits than earlier methods.
Developer Panchovix released NVIDIA VBIOS Vix to modify GPU power, voltage and clock limits without changing the original VBIOS. The mod supports RTX 50, 40 and 30 cards, with experimental RTX 20 support.
NVIDIA has started selling RTX Spark laptops built on Blackwell graphics with up to 128GB of unified memory. Prices start at $2,399, with global launch events held in cities including Berlin.
NVIDIA announced that RTX Spark laptops are now available from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI. The systems combine Blackwell RTX graphics, a Grace CPU, up to 128GB of unified memory and up to 1 petaflop of FP4 AI performance for local workloads.
Mercedes-Benz and NVIDIA will continue jointly developing driver-assistance and automated-driving systems. The collaboration combines MB.OS with NVIDIA Hyperion, Alpamayo Stack and Halos, including support for future SAE Level 4 applications.
Volvo Cars announced an expanded partnership with NVIDIA to develop safer automated-driving technology for future vehicles. The technology will debut in a next-generation Volvo as part of the company’s largest-ever product push.
NVIDIA will launch RTX Spark on Oct. 16 through events in San Francisco, Berlin, Taipei, Beijing, Istanbul and Seoul. The company presents the device as a PC for creative work, gaming and local AI tasks.
Adobe and NVIDIA expanded their partnership to accelerate Photoshop, Premiere, Substance 3D, Frame.io and Brand Concierge. Optimized Photoshop, Premiere and Substance 3D are designed to deliver up to 2x faster AI processing, editing, color and effects.
NVIDIA has released the open 120-billion-parameter Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and introduced two Bolt models for local agent deployments. Super VL and Bolt 74B-A9B are available now, while Bolt E4B is scheduled for Oct. 23.
NVIDIA has added DLSS 4.5 controls to GeForce NOW for supported games. The service is also receiving 10 new titles this week, including Enshrouded 1.0 and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2.
The Nordic countries are expanding AI infrastructure and deploying projects built on NVIDIA technology. AI-cloud capacity across the region is projected to reach 1 gigawatt by the end of 2027.
NVIDIA introduced cuPotential, a library for AI agents that simulate atomic and molecular interactions. Early-access tests showed an additional 2–3x speedup for GPU-optimized workflows, while partners reported gains of up to 50x and beyond.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was in Paris on Tuesday to announce several investments in France. The medical startup Doctolib was among the companies mentioned.
Nvidia will provide the UK with $250m worth of computing power over five years for AI safety research. Most of the resource will go to the wider British research community, including university laboratories.
NVIDIA announced planned investments in five U.K. startups working across biology, infrastructure, algorithms and quantum computing. It will also join the Earthshot Prize as a Global Alliance Founding Partner.
NVIDIA will provide $250 million in computing resources over five years for agentic AI safety and security research in the UK. The commitment amounts to $50 million in compute access annually, with most of it available to the wider British research community.
NVIDIA has introduced an October update to DLSS 5 3D-Guided Neural Rendering. The model is twice as fast as the version released in early September, with availability for RTX 50, RTX Spark and GeForce NOW scheduled for October 16 (UTC time not provided).
NVIDIA contributed Vera Rubin rack and compute-tray designs to the Open Compute Project through its open MGX architecture. At the OCP Global Summit, the company also announced open standards, software components and partner designs for AI infrastructure.
NVIDIA and Cisco announced plans for Ultra-Dense Small Form Factor Pluggable, an optical module supporting 400 Gb/s electrical signals per lane. The format is designed for up to 12.8 Tb/s and four times the bandwidth density of 200 Gb/s-per-lane modules.
NVIDIA announced $1 billion in commitments over the next five years to expand U.S. capabilities in super intelligence research and quantum computing. The company made the announcement at a Washington event focused on expanding the Genesis Mission and public-private science partnerships.
NVIDIA introduced a 64GB DGX Spark starting at $4,999, above the original price of the 128GB version. The company attributed the pricing changes to memory-chip shortages and higher costs.
Nvidia’s Shield TV Pro, launched in 2019, now retails for $299.99, a $100 increase. The source ties the higher price to artificial intelligence but provides no further details.
Microsoft confirmed that Advanced Shader Delivery will reach all NVIDIA RTX GPUs and listed Intel models by the end of this month. The technology distributes precompiled, GPU-specific shaders as a game loads to reduce first-launch delays.
NVIDIA announced a 64GB unified-memory configuration of DGX Spark from Acer, ASUS, Dell, Gigabyte, HP and MSI. The system runs models with up to 100 billion parameters locally, while two units can combine for 128GB of memory.
OpenAI has made GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast available through its API and to eligible ChatGPT Work and Codex users. The company says the mode generates tokens up to eight times faster than Astra Standard through inference optimizations on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.
NVIDIA says AI factory returns depend on productivity, useful life and demand across workloads. The company says Vera Rubin NVL72 systems deliver more than 30 times the throughput per megawatt of GB300 NVL72 systems.
NVIDIA is accepting worldwide applications for its Graduate Fellowship Program for doctoral students. Awards are worth up to $60,000, with applications due by October 30, 2026.
CoreWeave announced production availability of NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 systems and launched Forge for training and improving AI agents. Cognition is the first customer running production workloads and reported up to 4.8x higher token throughput than GB200 NVL72.
China is reportedly considering allowing ByteDance and Alibaba to purchase Nvidia chips whose sales to the country are banned. The source provides no details on possible conditions or timing.
Nvidia unveiled the Open Agent Safety Platform to limit and monitor AI-agent actions. The company also approved an additional $150bn share buyback, taking its total repurchase program to $235bn.
NVIDIA’s board approved a $150 billion increase to its share repurchase authorization. The remaining program now totals $235 billion, which the company expects to execute through fiscal 2028.
NVIDIA has launched the open Open Agent Safety Platform to govern AI agents from testing through deployment. It combines OpenShell runtime controls with Sentry, which can quarantine an agent within milliseconds if it crosses its boundary.
NVIDIA unveiled Isaac ROS 5.0 at ROSCon in Toronto. The release adds ROS Lyrical and Ubuntu 24.04 support, agentic workflows, and a FoundationPose inference library that estimates and tracks object poses up to 5.5x faster.
NVIDIA has launched DSX Ready, a qualification program for products used in AI-factory infrastructure. It initially covers battery energy storage systems and cooling distribution units, with qualified offerings from Hitachi Energy, LG Energy Solution, Tesla, LG Electronics, LiquidStack and Vertiv.
Emerald AI, Google and NVIDIA announced the launch of the AI Energy Management Alliance, a coalition for data centers that can adjust electricity use to grid conditions. The initiative is intended to support faster AI-infrastructure connections in the U.S. while reducing stress on power systems.
Perplexity has added Portable Computer to its Windows app for compatible NVIDIA GeForce RTX PCs and RTX PRO Workstations. The agent handles some tasks locally and can ask permission to send information to the cloud when more advanced reasoning is needed.
NVIDIA added CUDA-Q Logical to its open-source CUDA-Q platform for designing and testing applications for fault-tolerant quantum computers. Fermilab used it to cut architecture-development time from five months to three weeks.
Skild AI introduced its S1 model, which enables robots to perform unfamiliar multistep tasks after seeing a single video demonstration. In tests, it achieved about 66% success per step, compared with 9% for a similar AI system.
NVIDIA has outlined a three-computer platform for developing and deploying robotaxis, covering model training, simulation and validation, and in-vehicle computing. Its Hyperion 10 architecture uses two DRIVE AGX Thor systems-on-chip, 14 cameras, nine radars and three lidars.
Nvidia has agreed to buy developer platform Hugging Face for $12.93bn. It says the platform will remain open, while up to $1bn may fund an equity-based retention programme for employees joining Nvidia.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is now available on GeForce NOW at launch. The game includes a campaign, multiplayer and DMZ, while Ultimate members get ray tracing through newly added GeForce RTX 5080-class performance.
Microsoft has withdrawn from an agreement for Nscale’s large AI datacentre in Loughton, Essex, citing power supply concerns. The UK government had described the planned facility as the country’s largest sovereign AI datacentre, with opening scheduled for next year.
Chinese company Sipeed has announced the MaixStation workstation for AI workloads using the Axera AX8860P processor. The company expects a $3,999 Kickstarter starting price and claims an advantage over DGX Spark in some tests.
Apple and Nvidia each pledged $25 million for Trump’s proposed White House ballroom, The Washington Post reported. Apple’s contribution had been public, but its amount was previously undisclosed; the project’s estimated cost has risen to $600 million.
Apple and Nvidia each pledged $25 million toward Trump's White House ballroom, according to a donor list obtained by The Washington Post. The list totals $333 million in private donations, while the project's final cost has not been disclosed.
Apple ended a trading session with a market capitalization above $5 trillion for the first time. Its shares closed at $342.96, two days before preorders for the iPhone Duo were due to begin.
Apple ended the trading day with a $5.005 trillion market capitalization, becoming the second company after Nvidia to close above $5 trillion. Its shares closed at $342.96.
Apple ended the trading day with a $5.01 trillion market capitalization, marking its first close above that threshold. Its shares rose 0.5% to $342.96, while most major technology companies finished lower.
Ukrainian drone strikes knocked out three of Russian tech giant Yandex’s largest data centers within several days, causing widespread outages in digital services. The first reported attack damaged a facility in the Sasovo region on October 8.