CEO Jensen Huang took the platform at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his notable leather jacket to present a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, forecasting $1 trillion in AI chip sales by 2027, asserting that every firm requires an “OpenClaw strategy,” and wrapping up with a wandering Olaf robot that needed its mic turned off. The message was clear: Nvidia aims to be integral to everything, ranging from AI training to self-driving cars to Disney parks.

In this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dissect what Nvidia’s expanding network of AI infrastructure alliances genuinely conveys for startups, and delve into more of the week’s news.

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