Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA, was in London Technology Weekly, London, UK on Monday, June 9, 2025.
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London – anywhere Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang left, excited as follows – this time, until London Tech Week.
Nvidia Boss (Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives will be the “Godfather of AI”), now more like a rock star, given his wide influence on the AI industry.
“With that person, the amount of infrastructure required by AI would be impossible,” said a participant at London Technology Week.
“He’s like Iron Man,” the participant added.
Outside the main stage of London Tech Week, a large number of people tried to attend a speech by Nvidia boss Jansen Huang.
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The boundaries to enter the Olympia Auditorium have been around 40 minutes before Jensen takes the stage with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Not everyone manages to enter – but there are some helpful screens around the venue where one can glimpse Huang’s speech.
People sat at other stages of the venue to watch NVIDIA’s CEO talk to British PM Keir Starmer because there was not enough room on the keynote stage.
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NVIDIA CEO’s continued bullish assessment of artificial intelligence, calling it “incredible technology” and said it should be regarded as infrastructure, just like electricity.
Britain has gained recognition from Huang
There was no billions of dollars in investment during London Technology Week. However, Starmer and the UK’s biggest win so far are Huang’s praise for the country.
Wore his trademark leather jacket, calling the UK a “jealous world”, Huang is in the “Goldilocks environment” with a vibrant venture capital ecosystem, and AI entrepreneurs who have emerged from leading companies including Google DeepMind, Synthesia, Wayve and Elevenlabs.
Starmer spoke with Huang, speaking in animated manner when he touted Nvidia’s investment in the UK earlier in the day, with the U.S. chipmaker announced a new “UK Sovereign AI Industry Forum” and a commitment from Cloud Cloud vendors Nscale and Nebius to deploy new facilities, including thousands of Blackwell Gpu Chips.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang spoke at London Technology Week 2025.
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Starmer talks in detail about the promise of AI and how it can relieve the burden faced by public sector agencies in the UK from hospitals to schools.
Huang added that the UK is “a great place to invest so”, noting that NVIDIA plans to work with the country to improve skilled technicians and build domestic AI infrastructure.
“Infrastructure can provide more research – more research, more breakthroughs, more companies,” said NVIDIA head. “That flywheel will start taking off. It’s already big, but we’re just going to make the flywheel go.”
Starmer thanked Huang for his point of view and commented: “When you explain it in this way, it gives confidence.”
“From our perspective, we are really happy to see it in this way,” the British leader said.
The two shook hands at the end.
Overall, there is a lot of energy in the room. Huang said he was “excited” for London Technology Week and he received applause from the audience.
Europe wants a piece of yellow
Huang has become the CEO that everyone wants to see. Nvidia positioned itself as the core of the AI revolution, and many commentators said it was an early situation.
NVIDIA hopes to create a revolution on its chips. For countries like the UK, these moments offer the country the opportunity to tout its investment potential and allow its leaders to share a stage with those seen as pushing for AI.
London is Huang’s first stop on a wider European tour.
The NVIDIA boss will travel to Paris later this week, with chipmakers hosting their GTC conference. Politicians, including President Emmanuel Macron, who drives France’s ambitious ambition to become a European AI hub, may also hope to spend a while with Huang.
