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The media learned from people familiar with the matter that the German federal government plans to launch large-scale cooperation with the US chip manufacturer NVIDIA to promote breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) in the industrial field and catch up with the gap in the global technology competition. This cooperation plan has two major goals: first, to lay the foundation for the implementation of physical artificial intelligence, which can be used for the training of robots and self-driving vehicles; second, to train high-performance large-scale industrial models that are internationally competitive.
With high-performance AI chips and supporting software, NVIDIA has now become the core supplier of modern large model training, with few alternatives. Leading AI companies Anthropic and OpenAI are also training models based on NVIDIA technology.
According to news, the German federal government is preparing to invest hundreds of millions of euros to promote the project. Funds will be used to purchase computing power and train new AI models. Nvidia will obviously also provide supporting support, including dispatching engineers. The media learned that about 12 German companies plan to participate in the project, including Siemens, Audi and AI company Black Forest Labs.
The federal government plans to formally announce the cooperation at the Invest in Germany investment summit next week. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is expected to arrive in Berlin on Monday. He is a key guest invited by German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz (CDU).
The media learned from within the government that the Prime Minister and Nvidia's president will meet at a reception at the Berlin Power Plant event on Monday evening. After the two closed-door talks, they will also hold a three-way meeting with Mercedes Group CEO Ola Kellenius. Merz hopes to send a signal: After years of stagnation, Germany has once again become an attractive destination for investment and innovation.
This AI cooperation agreement will be based on the Soofi project, which is still in its infancy. Soofi is the abbreviation of the "Sovereign Open Source Foundation Models" alliance, which was jointly launched by scientific research institutions, universities and AI companies in September 2025. The goal of the alliance is to develop and train a new generation of high-performance artificial intelligence basic models.
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