Talk about VIP service - Elon Musk and Sam Altman have their DGX Spark mini PCs hand-delivered by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Date:
Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:23:00 +0000

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Jensen Huangs personal DGX Spark deliveries to Musk and Altman reveal Nvidias symbolic dominance and AIs growing divide between elites.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Jensen Huang delivery stunt turns product launch into an industry statement Nvidia DGX Spark carries more symbolism than silicon in todays AI world Musk and Altmans rivalry now fuels Nvidias growing dominance in AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has appeared at Elon Musks Starbase in Texas to personally deliver a DGX Spark , joking about delivering the smallest supercomputer next to the biggest rocket.

However the gesture symbolized more than just a marketing stunt, it highlighted how the AI industrys biggest figures now operate in rival camps, separated by both ideology and ambition.

Sam Altman received the same hand-delivered system elsewhere, a repeat of the courtesy shown nine years earlier when Huang brought OpenAI its first DGX-1. From diner shifts to billion-dollar deals

Huangs history is one of calculated symbolism. Once a Dennys server, he has embraced that role again, this time offering computing power instead of pancakes.

His latest delivery service might seem whimsical, but it reinforces Nvidias dominance at a time when demand for high-performance AI hardware has never been higher.

Each DGX Spark, sold for $3,999, represents not only a tool but a token of status among AI leaders.

Nvidias decision to limit the first batch to companies like Google, Meta, and Microsoft underlines its gatekeeper role in a crowded market hungry for compute.

The DGX Spark is a mini PC powered by the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip. It boasts 128GB of unified memory and up to a petaflop of AI performance.

Nvidia claims it can run models with up to 200 billion parameters, but such numbers raise questions about how sustainable and accessible this kind of performance really is outside elite research labs.

Partner brands like Acer, Asus, Dell, and Lenovo are offering their own versions, although buyers hoping for Huangs personal touch will have to
settle for standard shipping.

While the shared photo of Huang between Altman and Greg Brockman might
suggest camaraderie, the underlying story tells otherwise.

Musk and Altmans relationship, once built on the shared vision of safe AI for the benefit of humankind, has turned into open competition.

Musks xAI and Altmans OpenAI now lead two different paths toward AI
supremacy, both relying on Nvidias silicon to stay ahead.

For tech elites, the DGX Spark marks influence as much as innovation. For researchers, it reflects how progress in AI often depends on who can afford the latest hardware.

Nvidias carefully staged deliveries show that in AI, perception often carries as much weight as raw power.

Via Tom's Hardware

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