The Information's TITV Jensen Huang’s ‘Digital Twin’, Future of Creators, OpenAI’s International Issue | Jan 5, 2025
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Jan 5, 2026 
Wayne Ma, a tech reporter focused on NVIDIA, discusses Jensen Huang's vision for digital twins and the challenges of software delivery. Adam Mansfield, from UpperEdge, highlights the shift to consumption-based pricing models at Microsoft and Salesforce, emphasizing customer demands for transparency and governance. Sam Lessin, a venture capitalist, predicts that 2026 will be shaped by deep emotional narratives and niche creator communities, moving away from mass influencers. Together, they explore the future of tech and its cultural impacts.
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Nvidia’s Digital Twin Ambition
- Jensen Huang sees a large future market for simulated 'digital twins' that train and test robots before physical deployment.
- Nvidia has built Omniverse but customers often build in-house sims or use competitors, so cloud GPU usage lags expectations.
Frustration Over Flashy Demos
- Wayne Ma reports Jensen grew frustrated in late 2023 and 2024 seeing flashy Omniverse demos that never shipped into products.
- Jensen told teams they were wasting engineering time and needed to pick one thing to ship.
Why Simulations Matter For Robotics
- Digital twins are valuable because simulation is safer and cheaper than real-world testing for robots and autonomous cars.
- Wide market adoption depends on many physical robots and autonomous systems existing, which could take 5–10 years.
