Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to CNBC: 'We're at the beginning of an industrial revolution'

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  September 02, 2026 at 14:09  |  3:27  |  CNBC
Speakers
Jensen Huang — CEO, NVIDIA

Summary

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC at the G20 Innovation Ministerial that AI is at the start of an industrial revolution and has become productive economic infrastructure. He said America will lead by building the full AI stack while other countries, especially India, can build local AI economies. Huang also called for regulating actual rather than hypothetical AI harm and declined to comment on semiconductor tariffs.

  • Huang frames AI as the beginning of an industrial revolution.
  • He says America will lead by building the full AI stack.
  • He sees India as well-positioned to build a local AI economy.
  • He urges regulation of practical, actual AI harm rather than hypothetical harm.
  • He stresses advancing AI technology as a safety priority.
  • He declines to comment on potential semiconductor tariffs or Nvidia impact.
Ideas
Jensen Huang CEO, NVIDIA 0:03
AI industrial revolution is just beginning.
Huang says the world is at the beginning of an AI-driven industrial revolution and that AI technology has become productive economic infrastructure. This supports a structural buildout of AI capability as countries create their own AI economies.
AIQ HIGH
Jensen Huang CEO, NVIDIA 0:14
America will lead the AI buildout.
Huang expects America to lead the AI industrial revolution by building the full stack, and notes Commerce Secretary Lutnick is supportive of building in the United States and proud of emerging US companies. This makes the US a favored geography for AI buildout.
XLE MED
Jensen Huang CEO, NVIDIA 0:53
India can build its own AI economy.
Huang views India as one of the world's leading IT industries and sees this as the beginning of a new IT platform. He is excited for Indian companies and startups to use AI, contribute to it, and build a local AI economy.
INDA MED
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