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Ali Kani: Nvidia’s multipronged automotive strategy

March 22, 2026·45 min·4 clips
NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang declares autonomous vehicles a solved problem, despite recent robo-taxi crashes.
Molly Boygon interviews Ali Kani, NVIDIA's VP of Automotive, about the company's three-computer strategy for autonomous vehicles, covering topics like Jensen Huang's claim that AVs are a solved problem, power efficiency debates, and real-world demo challenges. The discussion highlights NVIDIA's partnerships and the ongoing engineering and safety hurdles in the AV industry.

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A practical look at NVIDIA's automotive pitch, centered on the three-computer strategy and the cooling tradeoffs.

The episode opens on the week around NVIDIA GTC and quickly gets to the real question: what NVIDIA is actually selling to carmakers. Ali Kani answers that plainly, moving from the three-computer strategy to the idea that some customers may only take part of the stack, including…

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