Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote live blog — Jensen Huang takes the stage in San Jose to show the 'future of technology'

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is moments away from taking the stage at the SAP Center in San Jose, California to deliver the GTC 2026 keynote. Tom's Hardware Editor-in-Chief Paul Alcorn and Senior GPU Analyst Jeffrey Kampman are on the ground in San Jose, and we'll be delivering you updates from the keynote floor in real-time. The keynote begins at 11am PT, and it's expected to run two hours.

As with any Nvidia event these days, we expect to hear a lot about AI advancements, as Nvidia continues to run circles around the tech industry in the enterprise space. We could see some announcements on the consumer front, as well, but if you're expecting to see new GeForce graphics cards, you might be leave disappointed.

How to Watch the GTC 2026 Keynote

Nvidia's GTC 2026 keynote starts at 11am PT / 2pm ET, and you can watch it directly through the embedded stream above. CEO Jensen Huang will present the keynote, and it's expected to last about two hours; though, as with any Nvidia keynote, things may run long.

2026-03-16T17:55:12.129Z

T-Minus 5 Minutes

Run to the bathroom, get your drink ready, and settle in. We're just a few minutes away from the start of GTC 2026. Jensen will probably start with a short history of Nvidia's role in AI, but we expect the announcements to rapid-fire out after that point. We're sat down in the SAP Center in San Jose and ready to dig in.

2026-03-16T15:24:10.145Z

What to expect from GTC 2026

There's always room for surprises, especially at Nvidia's own GTC event, but there are a few key announcements we're focused in on:

• Intel x Nvidia partnership — Nvidia bought $5 billion in Intel stock last year, and at the time, announced that the two companies would be working together on custom x86 processors across both the data center and consumer PCs. The deal has apparently been decades in the making. It's not clear if we'll hear about consumer or enterprise chips, or both, but there's a good chance we'll hear something from the partnership.
• The 'future of real-time rendering' — Nvidia presented at GDC (not GTC) about neural rendering, but just a week later, the company is teasing that it will reveal the "future of real-time rendering" at GTC (not GDC). Maybe it's a new DLSS feature, maybe it's something completely new. We don't know, but Nvidia has already confirmed something is coming for gamers during the keynote.
• More on Vera Rubin — Nvidia officially launched its Vera Rubin NVL72 in January, and it started shipping samples to customers just weeks ago. These next-gen AI data center boards are on-track for the second half of the year, so we expect to hear a lot about them during the keynote.
• AI agents — Since the release of OpenClaw, the tech industry has been washed in talk of AI agents. Nvidia will talk about AI agents during the keynote, that much is almost guaranteed. We could see an announcement of "NemoClaw," which is an AI agent Nvidia is reportedly developing to compete with OpenClaw.
• Nvidia N1/N1X — Perhaps the biggest rumor around Nvidia over the past year has been the N1 and N1X, which are two SoCs reportedly being developed for the consumer market. Do we finally see a reveal at this year's GTC? Perhaps, but this is the last item on this list for a reason.

2026-03-16T14:24:00.567Z

We're moments away from GTC 2026

Hello and welcome to Tom's Hardware's live blog for the GTC 2026 keynote. Jensen Huang is moments away from taking the stage. Myself, Jake Roach, will be tending the blog while our very own Paul Alcorn and Jeffrey Kampman are on the ground to cover all of the announcements in real-time.