Nvidia CES 2026 keynote live blog — Jensen Huang takes the stage to reveal what's next for the AI company, but don't expect new consumer GPUs

Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, will take to the stage today in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the company's CES 2026 keynote. The keynote begins at 1 p.m. PT, and we'll be covering it live, with the latest updates.

To set the stage, Nvidia has had a record 2025, building on the back of demand from its data center business, where it generated a staggering $51.25 billion in revenue in Q3 of FY2026, a rise of 66% year-on-year. For those looking for consumer products, such as its GeForce lineup of graphics cards, don't expect too much, as the company has already announced that we won't be seeing new GeForce GPUs during its later GeForce On community update, which is set to begin, at 9 p.m. PT.

2026-01-05T21:24:09.693Z

Inventing a new world with AI

100 trillion dollars of industry investment is shifting over to AI, or so Jensen Huang claims. The CEO states that R&D budgets are now pouring in, perhaps to cool down claims of circular funding in the AI industry. The CEO is now shifting the conversation into a history lesson for AI models, reiterating that Agentic models like Cursor are a focus for 2026 and beyond.

— Sayem Ahmed

2026-01-05T21:19:45.110Z

Jensen Huang takes to the stage

Slightly later than expected, the show has now officially begun, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang taking the stage to lay out what 2026 and beyond might hold for Nvidia. Expect Nvidia to press on topics like AI, data centers, and robotics. While it might not be quite as exciting as the launch of a new consumer graphics card, whatever is announced over the course of the keynote will likely set the tone for the rest of the industry to follow for the rest of the year.

— Sayem Ahmed

2026-01-05T21:10:51.128Z

Nvidia is late to its own party

Despite a slick preshow, Nvidia has yet to officially commence its keynote, running around ten minutes later than anticipated. You'd think that with the vast resources available to Nvidia, they'd run on time. Perhaps an AI model running a calendar hallucinated somewhere?

Regardless, the industry is waiting with bated breath for things to kick off, and we'll be right here reporting the latest, as it happens.

— Sayem Ahmed

2026-01-05T20:57:42.384Z

The preshow is over: T-minus 3 minutes until the keynote begins

The preshow is now over, and Huang is expected to take the stage in three minutes to kick things off in earnest. Being rolled onto the stage is a high-resolution screen, with some semi-dramatic music playing, and we'll expect to hear more shortly. While this is fun, what are the odds that the music is AI-generated?

There may be some expectation that Huang will emerge carrying some kind of object. We've seen him roll out with robots and even a shield made of chips before; surely the company has the cash for more than just a new leather jacket.

— Sayem Ahmed

2026-01-05T20:37:47.025Z

Nvidia preshow kicks off CES festivities

While Jensen Huang hasn't taken to the stage yet, Nvidia has a 'pre-game' show, where its showing a manner of applications that use Nvidia tech, complete with an interview panel ahead of time. While it's a neat warm-up, don't expect anything too staggering while things are still kicking off.

Huang is set to take the stage at 1 p.m. PT, so there's not too long to wait until we get to the real meat of today's keynote.

— Sayem Ahmed

2026-01-05T20:31:08.262Z

It's Jensen's world, and we're just living in it

In 2025, Nvidia had one of its best years to date. It launched the RTX 50 series, and its data center profits skyrocketed. However, 2026 paints a very different picture. With the AI industry booming, and hyperscalers shovelling investment into new data centers like there's no tomorrow, the industry is waiting with bated breath to see exactly what course Huang might plot for 2026 and beyond. Needless to say, the entire industry will hear the reverberations.

— Sayem Ahmed