German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang met at Kraftwerk, a former power station in Berlin, to discuss Germany’s AI roadmap, with a focus on industrial applications of AI. Huang opened the conversation by recounting NVIDIA’s longstanding relationship with German industry, which he said began with gaming systems, workstations and automotive applications.
Why it matters
The meeting signals attention at the highest level of German government to industrial AI as a national priority, framed alongside NVIDIA’s involvement.
Who should care
German industrial firms, policymakers and companies in sectors such as automotive that have historically worked with NVIDIA technology.